Manchester-based producer Andy Stott has released his new album Never The Right Time. Completing a 10-year cycle of music that began with his beloved and critically acclaimed Passed Me By and since released Luxury Problems, Faith In Strangers, Too Many Voices and It Should Be Us, Never The Right Time, delivers another great album for the English producer.
Our Thoughts On Andy Stott’s ‘Never The Right Time’
Never The Right Time features heavily Stott’s former piano teacher Alison Skidmore for some of the more atmospheric records as her voice floats along with his production. Their chemistry working together has been well chronicled in the past so having her on five tracks helps give the LP more depth. Her voice glides effortlessly with the smooth, dark, and hazy breaks on the LP title track “Never the right time.”
The instrumentals all offer their unique world to fall into as well. “Repetitive strain” comes together with a floating flute over dancehall drums, the only time we hear a rhythm like that on this record.
At the same time, “When it hits” is very visual, with big echoing pianos you can almost see being hit in front of you. “Answers” is the grittiest of the bunch with broken rhythms. “Dove stone” is a cold, haunting, distant ambient track that helps close out the LP.
Andy Stott had most of an album completed at the beginning of 2020, but then the year sent him in a very different direction, which led to what we have today with Never The Right Time. This music cycle is done, and we look forward to what comes next.
Listen to the LP now below and get your copy here.
