Earlier this month, Folk Radio’s Matt McGinn, reviewed Christopher Coll‘s forthcoming EP, The Black Doorway. The release, the first on the newly launched label Style Records run by Malojian (aka Stevie Scullion) of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, is not out until 30th October but is already creating quite a stir.
Below is the accompanying video for the EP’s opener, Into The Ocean, a song which certainly got your reviewer thinking…
I love music that makes me continually question my instincts. If this is a simple love song, why does it feel like the singer is a broken man? And so, my imagination immediately goes into overdrive about backstories, settings, everything that makes you want to come back for more.
According to my notes, Chris Coll has to date, recorded over 30 albums with his band ‘Lost in the Fog’. However, as his musical career develops, I can’t imagine anyone capturing him as honestly as Stevie Scullion has done with The Black Doorway E.P. It was recorded in one session in November ’19. The songs are a proper collection that all lean into one another under the one roof. Whatever magic was in the air that day, it made its way onto this record. Sometimes you only get one chance to experience the magic. I hope I’m wrong.
Matt McGinn
The Black Doorway EP will be available on vinyl and digital download on the 30th October 2020, and is available to pre-order now via https://christophercoll.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-doorway-ep