Artist: Jon Epworth

Well this bit of news has plenty of people in Halifax excited, so why not share it: Jon Epworth has a new album coming out at the end of the month. Failure Epics will be released in digital form on the 28th and on vinyl in March via Diminished Fifth Records . The Epworth and D5R match seems an odd pairing at first, based on the label's current heavy duty metal catalog, but the conceptual Failure Epics was "inspired by King Crimson and Yes as well as more modern metal acts like Meshuggah, [...]

• Failure Epics - Soothsayer

On his last effort ( review ), Jon Epworth wanted us all to know it's not the size of the room you play, it's the songs you write. He focused on substance over style, holding onto the fleeting notion that it's not what you sell, it's what you make. Some might call the notion naive, other's idealistic but as the music industry finds more and more cracks in the foundation, it's important to know that the music isn't suffering. I guess considering Turn Off Your Name II is the second piece to his puzzle, [...]

• Jon Epworth - Names

Jon Epworth knows the size of the room he's destined to play and the life he wants to lead. That might seem obvious considering the years that he's spent playing shows and touring, but the delusions of grandeur that plague musicians is often what alienates their fans. Writing soaring anthems and vicious political commentary for the masses when you are playing empty rooms creates a distance that sound and melody can never cover. When Passing Chords creeps out of the gate and Jon admits, " I'm a small cog on a smaller set of gears [...]

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