ANDY JONES - SECOND SOLO ALBUM

"Unspoken" was the album about love and relationships. It was where a number of songs I had waiting formed a story that had to be told. This album is different. I realised how much I still have to say about so many things.

Some examples of the topics of the songs:
FATHERHOOD: I wrote one song while we were waiting for the late arrival of our daughter, and another while learning how to be a parent for the first time.
WAR AND REFUGEES: One song was written after the British government decided to drop bombs on Syria, responding also to the recent terrorist attacks in Europe and the mentalities behind both courses of action. Another deals with the situation of child refugees in Germany.
HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS: I've become more and more passionate about defending these rights. Human trafficking and child marriage are massive problems, and I am a committed vegan who is against animal exploitation. I have songs reflecting these ideas on the album.
HELICOPTER PARENTS: One song on the album deals with those parents who already have your life planned for you, and is written from the point of view of the rebellious child.
SELFISHNESS: Sometimes people take so much that you can't bear to give any more. And sometimes people just don't want to give anythig at all. There is a song about this on the album.
LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS: I don't think I'm capable of releasing an album without at least one or two of these ;-) There is one song about a very happy relationship, another about one that is crashing and burning. One more is currently on the list of candidates for the album.

This is aimed at anyone who likes my music, as well as anyone who is willing to take a chance on a new artist. Anyone who has had kids and felt that fear that they will never be able to be the perfect parents but at the same time are so excited to see these kids grow. Anyone who has experienced injustice or feels sad when they see how people and animals get treated throughout the world. Anyone who has felt impatience, fear, regret. Anyone who has pushed someone away and couldn't explain why. Anyone who has had to deal with people who only take. And, yes, anyone who has loved until it hurt.

If you know me and my music, you know that I will give everything in order to deliver a wonderful album for you that you will want to keep listening to. If when listening to "Unspoken", you enjoyed the music but were waiting for something beyond the love songs, something with the same depth but about other things in life: here it is. This is that album. And I hope you'll help me make it possible to share it with you.

The first goal of 6000€ will finance the album recordings, including studio rent, engineering, mixing and mastering.

The stretch goal of 9000€ will also finance the album production, including artwork and pressworks, as well as payment of the musicians working on the album (excluding me, of course!). I have top-calibre musicians contributing their talents to the album. Many of them do this as their main source of income, and I believe that this should be recognised appropriately.