Mark McDowell and Friends - Breakthrough (2020)

Mark McDowell’s 6th studio album is a full band production – recording as Mark McDowell and friends – that builds on the sonic palette of 2017’s acclaimed Dark Weave. The nine tracks encompass free flowing instrumentals, West-coast sunshine pop, acid folk and electronica.

Breakthrough balances themes of uncertainty and euphoria – from life in dystopian living spaces to escape into the haunting beauty of the fields and woods. A celebratory summer festival, the lurking menace of city violence, a hallucinatory road trip and fears of impending cold war combine in a panorama of 21st Century hopes and fears.