Barren Land by Allister Thompson

The "Barren Land" is the place in the human psyche where our attempts to generate light fail, a place where loneliness, sadness, anger, depression, self-loathing, and loss rule. Yet even within the darkness of our lonely, transient lives, there are still glowing embers that can show us the way out to a more peaceful place.

While this album explores that darkness and despair, empathy is its true theme.

It's also a return to the sparser, folkier styles I recorded in when I started making my own music in the year 2000, combined with sonic influences from dream pop, shoegaze, and progressive rock.

VIDEO: "Forever Autumn": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMaWRuMI710
VIDEO: "No Way Out" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-EjzF1rtJg

Tracklist

1.	Broken Man	3:31

2.	Separation	3:51

3.	No Way Out	3:11

4.	Wind of Despair	3:32

5.	The Drowned Girl	3:58

6.	Forever Autumn	4:57

7.	My Name Is Death	5:11

8.	Barren Land	2:55

9.	The Strength of Two	3:40

10.	Falling into Grey	2:06

11.	The Demon Wife	4:44

12.	Judgement Day	4:52

13.	Father	2:47

14.	Be	1:27

Credits

released September 30, 2020

"Forever Autumn" was composed by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne, and Paul Vigrass (Copyright Songs of Universal Inc.). The original version can be found sung by Justin Hayward on the album "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds."

“The Strength of Two” is for Jeremy

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