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"From out of the dark"

From Out Of The Dark

From out of the dark is a collection of 6 songs finished during the infamous Covid lockdown of 2020, drawing musical influences from many different genres and based on different themes close to my heart.

Some with a narrative, others about how I felt a particular junction in life, playing music, writing and recording songs has been a great outlet for me and helped me deal with and express myself in a productive fashion.

With no single genre over the six songs I decided to put them out as From out of the dark, to show how something good can come from the darkness. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making them.

I appreciate so much all the friends and family who have helped critique these tracks ready for public consumption. Thanks also to my younger sister, Hannah, for providing her vocal talents and lyric writing on two of the songs.

Please listen below and follow me on all of my social networks using the links above.

Matt x

My impressions of #LOTR The Two Towers


Rather late in coming around to appreciating Tolkien's epic that is The Lord Of The Rings - I always loved the Hobbit but have only recently successfully finished The Fellowship Of The Ring and now The Two Towers. 

It's pointless reviewing or worrying about spoilers with a book so well established as this, but I'll just say that I thoroughly enjoyed this outing through Middle Earth. It was utterly absorbing and actually an easier read than The Fellowship was for me. 

The locations and descriptions are all intricately described and made me feel like I was really there with the Hobbits, either journeying with Treebeard or being led to the dwelling of Shelob by Gollum.

I think this may be the only instance where it's actually helpful to have seen the film before reading the book, and it's easy to see how Peter Jackson was able to realise the tales as a motion picture so successfully, as everything right down to Gollum's linguistics feel just like they do in the film. 

I'm looking forward to finishing the trilogy, and maybe giving the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales a go, but right now I have some more modern reads to be getting on with. 

If you've read these books and have an opinion on them, especially if you've read them and didn't enjoy it, I'd be eager to hear from you!