Significantly, Storey also has a true penchant for creating music deeply rooted in bass and rhythm that immediately asks the body to respond, all the while subtly working away on the listener with an ulterior motive to coax them into contemplation. “Covehithe” - named for a cliff adorned beach Storey escaped to as a teen in Suffolk is a perfect example of this, with all of its misty falling synths and murkiness. Similarly, using field recordings of spoken word and street drumming sourced from the respective locales named in its title, “Manhattan to Moscow” has a low slung feeling even though it percolates at a handsome 155 bpm. Disruptive yet somehow settling - it is a sublime achievement to evoke such disparate sensations from a listener. 

What is on offer on Second Storey’s new album is an array of concise forward thinking dance music not limited by genre and driven by Alec Storey the drummer- someone you can easily come to know through his engaging live shows. Bass, electro, techno, ambient, industrial- the word that best represents this album is spirited. It is a spirit that adapts survives and soars on these 10 tracks of real substance.