Hi there and welcome to the Elegant Simplicity Newsletter

Intro

Welcome to the final newsletter of a very spartan 2024. If you are on our Bandcamp list, you will have learned that I was very ill a short time ago. Thankfully, I am almost back to full strength - another few months to go and I should be as good as new! Anyway, I just want to express my sincere thanks for all the good wishes.

Now, onto some musical type stuff!

New Music

Prior to being hospitalised, I had already completed and scheduled three new songs. One is already out - Before and After - and another one is due on Thursday. And another one is due in January!!!! Planning ahead, for sure!

Before and After is a heavy (for me) rocking tune with some fabulous unison saxophone playing by Manuel Trabucco and the next one, Falling Dust, is the complete opposite! This is a gentle guitar instrumental packed full of expression and mellow vibes. Lovely tune. The super rounded bass is my Steinberger headless thing and all the guitars were played on my PRS - I think there are about 4 or five parts or something.

Elegant Simplicity - Before and After

Elegant Simplicity - Falling Dust (2024)

As well as the above, a nice review came in from our friends at Dimensions in Sound and Space. You can read it here. They also published a cool review of our Before the End, Pt. I album!

Old Music

Given the time of year, it would be remiss of me not to mention Sad Tidings, our super duper Xmas album. Well, it has Xmas songs on it, but it can be enjoyed all year round. Indeed, if Amazon music is any measure of such things, songs get played off it all the time!

Elegant Simplicity - Sad Tidings

The CD is back on sale and there is still time to order for Xmas delivery.

New Album

Given the aforementioned health calamity, the new album has fallen behind somewhat but I hope to restart the mixing process early next year. It will be worth the wait.

Videos

I almost forgot . . . I released a few videos in rapid succession the other week. Head on over to YouTube to watch a full length Before and After, a short extract from Falling Dust (releasing on Thursday) and nice little short of Kiss Away the Pain (Again).

Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and comment and all that good stuff.

Oh, and there is a cheeky little Sad Tidings promo. That's all I will say on the matter!

Latest CD Releases

Elegant Simplicity - Don't Look Down (at the End of the World)

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Afraid to Wake - A Haunting At Sea

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And that's about it for now.

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See you soon,

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Steven

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