Point Of Entry is Jonny Nash’s latest solo record. It consists of 11 elegant, unhurried improvisations. All formed of gently picked guitar, reverb, and echo. Jonny’s fragile distant whispers. The results recall Vini Reilly’s more ambient moments, or the artists found on the labels like ECM, and Windham Hill. A music where folk, jazz, and new age meet. Sustained saxophone notes, and understated vibes sometimes accompany the solitary strum. Synths are kept to soft near subliminal textures, and everything seamlessly segues together to surround you like a sleepy afternoon somewhere warm, safe, and secluded. 6-string sketches for summer. 

The opening, ethereal, Eternal Life, is kinda like acoustic shoegaze. Theories, a blurred watercolour. A shimmering, Turner-esque soundscape. Light From Three Sides is a delay-drenched drift. The closing Future Friends has a slight Spanish edge. Some of the tracks are atmospheres, moods, while others, like the piano “powered” Face Of Another, boast more defined melodies. The playing more precise, more clear, in places, such as October Song – whose cinematic Americana suggests a drive through wide open spaces. Travelling toward boundless horizons. One of the highlights is All I Ever Needed. Lovingly layered, with bigger, bent, blues-y arcs, and rhythmic, repetitive, Manuel Gottsching-esque touches. The proper song-like structure of Silver Sand is another standout. 

Jonny Nash’s Point Of Entry is out now on Melody As Truth.