Netherlands-based artist Jonny Nash returns to Melody As Truth with his new solo album, Once Was Ours Forever. Building on 2023s Point Of Entry, this collection of eleven compositions draws us further into Nashs immersive, slowly expanding world, effortlessly connecting the dots somewhere between folk, ambient jazz and dreampop. While Point Of Entry was characterised by its laid-back, daytime ambience, Once Was Ours Forever arrives wrapped in shades of dusk and hazy light, unfolding like a slow-moving sunset. Built from layers of gentle fingerpicked guitar, textural brush strokes, floating melodies and reverb-soaked vocals, moments come and go, fleeting and ephemeral. From the cosmic Americana of Bright Belief to the lush, layered shoegaze textures of The Way Things Looked, Nashs versatile guitar playing lies at the heart of this album, gently supported by a cast of collaborators who each add their unique touches. Canadian ambient jazz saxophonist Joseph Shabason makes a return appearance, providing his delicate swells to Angel. Saxophone is also provided by Shoei Ikeda (Maya Ongaku), cello by Tomo Katsurada (ex-Kikagaku Moyo) and Tokyo acid folk artist Satomimagae (RVNG) lends her haunting multilayered vocals to Rain Song. As with much of Nashs work, Once Was Ours Forever deftly finds an equilibrium between softness and weight, offering the listener ample space to interpret and inhabit the music on their own terms. Through his uncanny ability to blend the pastoral and the profound, the idyllic and the insightful, Once Was Ours Forever arrives as a tender and understated offering, infused with warmth and compassion.

Netherlands-based artist Jonny Nash returns to Melody As Truth with his new solo album, Once Was Ours Forever. Building on 2023s Point Of Entry, this collection of eleven compositions draws us further into Nashs immersive, slowly expanding world, effortlessly connecting the dots somewhere between folk, ambient jazz and dreampop.

While Point Of Entry was characterised by its laid-back, daytime ambience, Once Was Ours Forever arrives wrapped in shades of dusk and hazy light, unfolding like a slow-moving sunset. Built from layers of gentle fingerpicked guitar, textural brush strokes, floating melodies and reverb-soaked vocals, moments come and go, fleeting and ephemeral.

From the cosmic Americana of Bright Belief to the lush, layered shoegaze textures of The Way Things Looked, Nashs versatile guitar playing lies at the heart of this album, gently supported by a cast of collaborators who each add their unique touches. Canadian ambient jazz saxophonist Joseph Shabason makes a return appearance, providing his delicate swells to Angel. Saxophone is also provided by Shoei Ikeda (Maya Ongaku), cello by Tomo Katsurada (ex-Kikagaku Moyo) and Tokyo acid folk artist Satomimagae (RVNG) lends her haunting multilayered vocals to Rain Song.

As with much of Nashs work, Once Was Ours Forever deftly finds an equilibrium between softness and weight, offering the listener ample space to interpret and inhabit the music on their own terms. Through his uncanny ability to blend the pastoral and the profound, the idyllic and the insightful, Once Was Ours Forever arrives as a tender and understated offering, infused with warmth and compassion.