Jim Carol New Year

With Life in Small Spaces, the upcoming album from Black Marble, the project's creator, Chris Stewart, taps into one of my semi-obsessions. The album's description on its Bandcamp page has further details on the clue we are given with the album title.

It is an invitation to accept and consciously agree to a more minimal lifestyle for the sake of creative expression and freedom, and to never need to compromise your values for the tempting illusion of success.

I periodically look at tiny houses on the internet, compelled by the idea that life can become more expansive by scaling back. My youngest son's favorite show for a while was Tiny House Nation, and we used to speculate on what life would be like with some bespoke small dwelling.

"Jim Carol New Year" is the first track available from the album, and it's not a giant departure from Stewart's previous work as Black Marble.¹ The album is described as having more guitar replacing the ever present synths, but evidence of that is scant on this song.

Black Marble - Jim Carol New Year (YouTube)