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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

#AClosedAndCommonOrbit by Becky Chambers mini spoiler free book review

A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Really adored this second entry in the Wayfarers books by Becky Chambers. Following on directly from the events in the epic conclusion of A Long Way To A Small And Angry Planet but without any prior knowledge assumed, A Closed And Common Orbit can be enjoyed as a completely stand alone novel in it's own right.

A tale of morality, ethics, technology and AI, the story alternates between the perspective of Sidra - a newly homed AI inside an illegal human body kit, and Jane, a clone who escapes from a slave factory off world and who meets an AI housed within a shuttle wreckage who tries to educate Jane and eventually help her to try and escape the planet where she was grown.

It feels less hectic than the first novel, but has a really nicely tense and exciting conclusion in which the characters tales all converge. It was so easy to invest in each of the characters, and I genuinely felt I understood both Pepper's and Sidra's point of views. Sidra in particular can seem ungrateful about her new life, but it's easy to see how she struggles with the transition.

The amount of races, species and cultures described is done just as beautifully as in the first book. It's so detailed that it's extremely easy to believe and lose yourself in this other universe. The attention to detail and fantastic pace make this a real page turner and an absolute must read for fans of sci-fi.

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