Ian McCrudden

Ian McCrudden is a film director Variety hailed a “rising talent...with a powerfully atomospheric style and a knack for telling detail.” He has worked collaboratively on many of his film’s scores, and his songwriting grew out those sessions."Start Over", McCrudden's debut release on Kayo's new Songwriter series is a collection of smoke house tunes with a western yet not quite country-husk - a seamless mix of introspective lyrics and powerful guitar-driven melodies. The songs are confessional, the arrangements are sparse and the voice is rough and unforgettable. Like complicated whiskey, this album is a well-conceived and well-produced symphonic, with echoes from the American desert, hints of prettiness, growling, twang, a heart with a horn section. The honesty of the title track disarms you, it confesses and sighs, and its waiting to be heard. Experience the world through the eyes and songs of this unique artist and prepare to be transformed.