A SONGWRITER is tuning his guitar to get ready for his new album.
Reading-born musician Peter James Millson has just released his new album, The Accidental.
Before starting his solo recording career in 2008, Peter played guitar in various bands in the 90s and pursued photography, where six of his portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery.
With a large record collection of his own, Peter was influenced by Prefab Sprouts’ album Steve McQueen, Roddy Frame and Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith.
He explained that storytelling writers were his “key influencers” when starting his career.
Peter said the album “wasn’t planned” which is what led him to name it The Accidental.
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He added: “In November, I looked around and found that I’d inexplicably and surreptitiously written and recorded seven new songs and I was even more surprised to find another four ideas waiting in notebooks, so I shoved it all down on tape and went to Reveal Records to put it all together.”
“I want people to put it on and be entertained by it, I’m hoping that if you’ve got some time in your day then put your feet up, grab a cup of tea and if you’ve got time to listen a little bit more closely then I think it will reward you with a very satisfying journey.”
Peter explained that from listening to one of his completed songs, that encouraged him to make the rest of the album.
“There’s a song on there called Summer in September and I remember it being a very finished track, which was very satisfying,” he said.
“I think that gave me the impetus to remind me how exciting it was to write I dived back into it headfirst and decided to finish my other songs.”.
To purchase the digital album, log on to: peterjamesmillson.bandcamp.com/album/the-accidental
