General Admission Standing
Andrew Belle writes songs by feel. The composition first - lyrics and melody eventually follow. Only after Belle has an internal reaction to the composition do his words finally come forth - finding the right way to express what has always been there but is only now being fully realized.
A large portion of his fourth full-length album "Nightshade" takes on a subject that has more and more become part of our cultural zeitgeist – mental health. Specifically, how we deal with life itself and why so many seem to be drawn toward unhealthy coping mechanisms. While a few tracks address these themes head on – 'Spectrum’, ‘Inside Voices’ and ‘Surprise Surprise’ – the album as a whole serves as a soundtrack for anyone driving out of a season of perpetual midnight in their life and toward a sunrise that's maybe a little more hopeful - through a desert just north of the border.
