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News: David Christy Jones - The New Normal (2021)

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Picture Credit: Laura Raye   David Christy Jones - The New Normal Release Date: July 16, 2021 Length: 03:36 Genre: Alternative Rock Origin: Colankilty , Ireland Back in April 2021, Irish musician David Christy Jones   welcomed us to virology . Recently, the fourth single and video release from the album has been released, and thus let us take a closer look at the title 'The New Normal' - a term that appears very common after almost one-and-a-half years living under the influence of COVID on our species. The video shot by Laura Raye  and edited by David Christy Jones  has a very strong vibe of artists like Jim Jarmush , Darren Aronofsky,  or David Lynch . The melancholy of lyrics and music are emphasized visually in a beautiful way, and therefore make the audiovisual experience so wholesome. Different to many of the tracks from "Welcome to Virology", 'The New Normal' does not contain as much Prog Rock influence, and instead is a silken-smooth Alternative Rock b...

Album Review: David Christy Jones - Welcome to Virology (2021)

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Photograph: Laura Raye Design: David Christy Jones David Christy Jones - Welcome to Virology Release Date: April 17, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 32:07 Genre: Prog Rock / Alternative Rock Origin: Cork , Ireland The debut album by Cork's David Christy Jones  is as colourful and versatile as the new reality we are still trying to cope with. The amount of changes and shifts of paradigms are just uncountable: partially it appears that people finally begin listening to science. At the same time, the capitalists still seem to have better arguments than those who want to save lives. And finally, the influence of idiots, conspiracy theorists, and proto-fascists is on the rise, too. How to cope with this madness? Don't we have enough problems anyways? Losing our jobs, not being able to visit our grandparents, or basically trying not to die from COVID, we are facing those new issues. Also, I heard something is going on with the climate... Well, David Christy Jone...