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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

#PaintYourDragon by Tom Holt Mini Spoiler-Free Review

Paint Your Dragon is a very untraditional tale about the traditional forces of good and evil and some very popular misconceptions about these to poles of morality.

Sculptress Bianca is tasked with creating a statues to take pride of place in Birmingham's Centenary Square (Set in 1999). When the 2 subjects, George and the Dragon, independently vanish and reappear, Bianca somehow finds herself in a age old dispute and some good old fashioned gambling rigging.

In a version of our universe where time is bought and sold, demons go on coach trips, haunted word processors take over souls and where famous statues seem to come seemingly at to life, are all apparently commonplace events, Tom Holt does a fine job of creating a witty tale weaving between different and well described characters almost seamlessly. Things do get a little confusing about 2 thirds of the way through, but if you soldier on it all comes together eventually in a nice, rounded, albeit unusual conclusion.

I like Tom Holt's style of writing - it's relaxed, and using the actual location of Birmingham I was able to picture a lot of the scenes especially vividly. It is funny throughout, and feels like watching a cross between Harry Potter and the sitcom Spaced.

It's not my favourite Tom Holt but it's definitely worth a go, and can be picked up dirt cheap. Go for it!


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