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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

#WeightExpectations by #DaveChawner mini spoiler free book review

Weight Expectations: One Man's Recovery from AnorexiaWeight Expectations: One Man's Recovery from Anorexia by Dave Chawner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is an excellent account by Dave Chawner about his experience of Anorexia. He rightly acknowledges how men are often overlooked as being sufferers of eating disorders, and how it's common to never feel that you're ill enough to deserve treatment. What Dave doesn't do is preach, lecture or judge, but just go through his experiences of having an eating disorder and present some useful tips that helped him get through it.

It could be quite a grave topic but Dave talks in a friendly and funny style, his skills as a comedian shining through. There are images and easy to absorb graphs and I think rather than tell you what anorexia is, Dave sets out to tell what it was for him, to help other readers that may have eating disorders know they're not alone, no matter how bizarre they think their related habits and patterns may have become.

This was an ace read for me as being in recovery from anorexia myself, and at times felt I was reading a biography of my own life! Replace comedian with musician and you more or less have it! But I also think if you've known someone with an eating disorder this would be a superb read for you to shed some light on what they might be feeling and help you relate. Not only that, it's funny and well told and I look forward to seeking out other matteiral by Dave Chawner in the future.

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