By his own impeccable standards, The Red Castle was one of the most unguarded releases of John Southworth‘s career. A spiritual ramble through grief and wonder, its hybrid of ancient and modern instrumentation felt unexpectedly poignant and immersive. Following the death of his father, it also marked a life chapter and presented a subsequent threshold to somewhere new.
Rain from the East arrives just seven months later and amplifies, both figuratively and literally, Southworth’s signature style in surprising ways. It’s a confident album, compact in its arrangements, but played with ferocity and intention. Like much of his best work, it plucks lesser-heard elements from esoteric subgenres and shakes them into a cocktail only he can serve.

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