Jonny Nash’s Once Was Ours Forever is a sterling example of the Made of the Same Stuff album — as in, it doesn’t sound exactly like his last album, but it’s made of the same stuff. You know the type. They’re not victory laps, diminishing returns, or B-grade leftovers so much as manifestations of how far an idea can go. They lack the element of surprise usually present in the prior album, instead showing off the artist’s ability to inhabit a particular sound. And while these follow-ups are easy to underrate on the first few listens, they might end up becoming your favorites.
Nash is a Netherlands-based artist who’s been enamored of woozy Robin Guthrie-style guitars since 2015’s Exit Strategies. He really hit on a distinctive sound, however, with…