This morning I woke up in a less-than-average kinda mood. One look at the window did little to improve things, the weather was honestly miserable. I had two options... Sit inside all day and dwell on my bad mood, or make the most of it and get out. I chose the latter. I chucked on my coat and put my headphones in and got in the car to head for the woods. I'm not sure why the woods in particular jumped out today as the place that I wanted to be, it just felt like that's where I should go. For years I've struggled with mental health, mostly bad anxiety that gets the better of me quite a lot of the time and on days like this I'd often stay inside and my mood would only continue to decline. One of the things that has always helped is walking. I walk and I explore. I like to discover new places and sometimes, like today, I just like to walk around places I've been before and observe. The anxiety can make that hard at times, because some days I wake up a
Today marks the release of Enter Shikari's 5th album, The Spark . I waited up until midnight for it to hit Spotify (signed vinyl en route) and by 9am I had both slept and listened to the album 5 times! It's infectiously brilliant, upbeat and anthemic but lyrically it feels like such a personal, soul-baring album. It makes you feel good straight from the off, with a peppy synth track and Rou's wonderful voice asking "Are you staying awake for the lift off tonight?" as we kick off with The Sights. A beautiful opening track that really sets the bar high for the remainder of the album! From early on you can tell that this will be like no other Enter Shikari album that has come before it and I love that with all of my heart. My favourite thing about Enter Shikari is the fact that I've been listening to them for almost 11 years and they've never once failed to surprise me! They never feel to keep it fresh, every time they release a new track or a new album, you