 3rd solo studio album from the vocalist of Pallas.
Format: CD / Cat No: WKCDAR1126 / PRE-ORDER Release Date: 13/11/2026
Track Listing: 1. Into The Void (6:41) / 2. Sons Of The Caliphate (5:19) / 3. Camberwick Grey (3:56) / 4. First Responder (4:16) / 5. The Unforgiving Truth (3:23) / 6. A Matter Of Trust (6:39) / 7. Fail Better (4:22) / 8. First Against The Wall (4:26) / 9. Bright Side Of The Blue (7:36)
More information: Line-up: Alan Reed (Voice, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, very occasional keyboards and programming) / Mike Stobbie (Keyboards) / Niall Mathewson (Electric Guitar and vocals plus occasional keys) / Henry Rogers (Drums) / Kim McLean (Backing Vocals) / Laëtitia Chaudemanche (Backing vocals)
All songs written by Alan Reed (except 'First Responder' written by Alan Reed and Mike Stobbie). Recorded - over a very long time - in England, Scotland, France and Cambodia! Mixed by Niall Mathewson.
Packaged in digi-sleeve format with a 12 page booklet and shrink-wrapped.
Alan Reed: "The album title is obviously a play on the old ‘Blue Sky thinking’ business metaphor for stepping back and taking a fresh approach. It’s an act of creative optimism. However, the world I see around me today does not encourage optimism. If anything things feel more unsettled and dangerous than they have at any time I can remember. We’re a divided society, with people retreating more and more into their silos. We’ll believe almost anything that plays to a comforting narrative that we feel safe with. We know it’s falling apart, but seem unable to deal with it or confront it."
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