Released via the Greek Sound In Silence label on February 16th, 2k26 is "Skeletons", the latest album outing by Durham-based producer David Newlyn and his fifth overall release for the imprint. Over the course of nine brand new pieces and a total runtime of approximately 31 minutes Newlyn explores dreamy, intimate and almost acoustic x unplugged feeling paths of Piano-led Ambient music strongly leaning towards Modern Classical x Contemporary of rather similar nature with cuts like "Still Life" or the subsequently following "Scattering" providing a few surprises in terms of subtle off-pitch tonal shifts and quasi glitches, for the most part to be found in the high upper registers, whereas "A New Day" indulges in deep, inward looking melancholia and sees Newlyn's temperate piano playing accompanied by touching, emotional strings before the entire composition takes a short, yet surprising turn which leads towards New Age and sugary kitsch for a brief moment whilst "Skies, Stars, Bones" - the most extended track on "Skeletons" - is touching base with droning, nocturnal, yet panoramic Ambient garnished with sparse chiming piano tones whereas "Fluctuations" brings forth more scenic and probably even score-worthy Modern Classical music for genre afficionados just to name a few. This is deep.
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