Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Let There Be Light, and the world will be illuminated.

Poetry, of any shape, creed, or foundation, may be more enticing when it shrouded by the darkness, when it calls upon the imagery of the less than full breath, the sense of the quick and the shallow course of nature to which the word is spacious, sacrosanct, and volatile. Add to this depth of illusionary purity the element of music, of the lyric sung as well as spoken, ethereal like conversation, and not only do you reveal light, you announce Sun Atoms as though it was the first day, and the sky, like the music, is on fore.

There is a reason we hold the sun in such reverence, it is the life giver to our souls, it is the first thing we scan the horizon for when we climb out of the cave of ignorance, and in the extraordinary mind of Jsun Atoms, AKA Sun Atoms, the light that comes from that celestial heavenly body is the source of all muses, and in his latest recording, Let There Be Light, what is considered and contemplated is also crafted out of smooth marble, for surely such a delight of introspection, of noir-ish inspired dreams and reflections that are beyond what is expected, and a crowning achievement in themselves.

Through tracks such as Half Robot Half Butterfly, Don’t Take Me To Your Leader, Two Wolves and a Lamb Voted on What’s For Dinner, Captain Tunnel Vision and Praying Mantis, Sun Atoms and the surrounding cast of musicians and influences bring the music as if it were a cinematic treat, a marble statue unveiled, the sun seen for the first time after a month of downpour. 

It is that musical expression, of the dark noir and the light fantastic, that Sun Atoms not only prevails in the art form, but excels with amour, with fun, exuberance, and a kind of cosmic energy, one normally only found in such small quantities throughout the universe, and yet which seems to overflow throughout this impressive album.

Let There Be Light, and all will be revealed…for in Sun Atoms we feel the warmth and heat of the unique position exposed.

Sun Atoms’ Let There Be Light is out now and available from Acid Test Recordings.

Ian D. Hall