DAVID LONGDON

The late Big Big Train singer and multi-instrumentalist’s posthumous solo album stands as a beautifully crafted, bittersweet reminder of one of modern prog’s great talents.

Grant Moon, Dave Everley

prog.reviews@futurenet.com “I like the idea of doors,” David Longdon told this writer in 2020, when this solo album was in its embryonic stage. “The doors of perception – the Aldous Huxley thing. Door One is actually a wooded area with grass and a hill where I’d meet my mates [in his Nottingham hometown], I’ve no idea why it’s called that. But I also like the idea of calling the album Door One, because, as it’s numbered, that implies there are other doors.” Making Dyble Longdon’s acclaimed 2020 record Between A Breath And A Breath had been a step away from Big Big Train, the band that made his name. Longdon had full control, and he liked it. He contended it was “the best thing I’ve done as a piece of…

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