As the decade draws to an end, I have decided to look back over the last ten years of my life through the lens of the music that has accompanied it. Part autobiography, part review of the twenty-tens, part exploration of music, memory and mental health, I will be releasing a series of one page comics focussed on a particular album and period.
This passage of time has seen highs of marriage, fatherhood and creative achievement, and lows of unemployment, depression, debt and relational strain. For each comic, I will try and capture why certain pieces of music have found significance in my life, and the meaning I take from them.
I will be working sequentially through the years, though I can’t promise I will cover each and every one. As we reach 2020, I will compile them into a single collection. First up is ‘the Suburbs’ by Arcade Fire – I would love to know your thoughts on both the music and my interpretation of it.
