Nash, Jonny
Point Of Entry
Melody As Truth founder Jonny Nash returns to action with his first solo album in four years. Over the course of eleven mesmerising tracks, Nash points the compass gently inwards, casting aside any conceptual frameworks in favour of exploring an imaginative and idealised "personal folk music" that combines elements of traditional acoustic music with the producers richly immersive interpretation of ambient, a sound he has been developing for well over a decade. From the smudged acid-folk bliss of Theories and Eternal Life, to the layered acoustic guitars of All I Ever Needed and the delay-soaked, Durutti Column-esque Light From Three Sides, a wide variety of musical textures weave their way throughout the album. Point of Entry is much more than a mere guitar album - it draws on a rich and diverse palette to achieve its purpose. The delicate saxophone work of ambient-jazz contemporary Joseph Shabason swells on Ditto and Light From Three Sides. Cascading piano lines ripple through the crystal clear sonic waters of Face of Another, whilst echoes of Nashs work with Gigi Masin and Young Marco as Gaussian Curve appear in the dancing synth sequences of Ditto and Golden Hour. Nashs reverb-laden voice also appears for the first time since 2016s critically acclaimed Exit Strategies, used delicately throughout the album to conjure up a world of dusk and golden light.