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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

#BeforeTheCoffeeGetsCold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi min spoiler free book review

Before the Coffee Gets ColdBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a beautiful collection of four stories, translated from Japanese about a cafe in Tokyo. In this cafe, there is a special seat. A seat that allows the occupant to travel in time. They must stay in the seat; their journey will not change the present and they must return before their coffee becomes cold.

It's a really interesting collection of stories. The question is raised in the book as to why anyone would bother travelling in time if the present would not be altered? Although this is true, the characters we meet have their perspectives greatly changed by their experiences.

Each character featured in the four stories has their own agenda for wishing to travel through time, and all incredibly moving in different ways and the book had me welling a few times, with both happiness and sadness. To evoke such emotion in such short stories is definitely an accomplishment.

The setting, characters and the premise, with it's rules and restrictions make this a truly innovative creation that I really recommend. Different and compelling.

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