Welsh singer-songwriter Tom Emlyn has released his new album Rehearsal For The Rain: Scaredy Cat, Vol. 2. The album is out now, digitally and on cassette, with a short story called ‘Phosphorescence’ being released alongside it (read here). The self-produced record is his fourth solo effort in the space of two years, continuing an impressive streak of creativity and inspiration.
The album is a self-produced, powerful, fully realised creative statement. It follows hot on the heels of Return Journey Revisited: Scaredy Cat, Vol. 1, which was released in May 2023. In the same vein as the first volume, Rehearsal For The Rain gathers up lost fragments from years of songwriting and making music.
Featuring recent single ‘Double Crossed’, the album boasts tender vocals and introspective lyrics caressing a daydreaming guitar motif and lo-fi percussion. It explores the darker side of self-reflection to a stripped back Velvet Underground inspired groove. The album is a dreamlike, lo-fi psychedelic bedroom pop journey, with elements of prog, blues, indie and alternative folk.
Rehearsal For The Rain: Scaredy Cat, Vol. 2 is out now. Listen here. Purchase on Bandcamp.
