Music

Albums and tracks ...

A little bit about the albums...

Millbrig (2017)

by Millbrig

The first album by Millbrig, is aptly named  Millbrig. Gentle all-original folk songs written and sung mainly by Penny. They have a timeless quality, yet reflect real life's experience. Steve sings Old Soldier, an anti-war song, yet empathising with those badly affected by serving  in conflict.  Song for Syria, could just as easily apply to Ukraine or Gaza, today. Tracks are:

  1. Tall, Dark, Handsome Stranger
  2. Time for You
  3. Bound for America
  4. Battlefield
  5. Old Soldier
  6. Shadows of Summer
  7. Strings
  8. The Ferryman
  9. Song for Syria
  10. A Small Ray of Light
  11. Rue the Day 

Planets Collide (2020)

by Millbrig

The second album by Millbrig is Planets Collide. A deeper and moodier exploration of life, through all-original material. Steve turns up the electric guitar sounds, and harmonises, not just equalling but well exceeding Penny's limited vocal ability. We are both proud of the existentialist lyrics which recognise both Scottish and English culture. The American blues genre appears in Southern Railroad Line, but Millbrig never made it to the USA's  East coast for the planned lighthouse tour.  Tracks are:

  1. Planets Collide
  2. Silver Shadows
  3. Respectable
  4. Nova Scotia
  5. Boy at the Fair
  6. Walking the Wire
  7. Shattered
  8. Fairy Tales
  9. English Pride
  10. Parapet
  11. Southern Railroad Line 

New Millbrig album coming out in 2026...

Millbrig update December 2025

Millbrig's third album, Begin Again, is currently in progress. So far there are three released tracks lined up for it (see below) , and we are experimenting with six more tracks which are works in progress in the studio. The impediments as usual are interference from external sources and lack of time - both of which conspire to interrupt any artist's  flow. We may change the name, as acknowledging Britain's imperialist ideology and colonial practices throughout modernity, suddenly seems important, and 'Down Opium Road' captures that....so who knows?!

Begin Again (2025)

by Millbrig

The first track released in 2025, is Begin Again. Yes, there was a long gap before this one, but Millbrig has bounced back with this jaunty little almost sixties number. Thanks to Christabel Wells, down in Bristol, for her hip artwork! The track is about not being beaten down by life, even when the system persists in trying to dis-empower you. 

The Lighthouse Song (2025)

by Millbrig

The second track released in 2025 is The Lighthouse Song. Penny adapted a pen and ink print reflecting the history of industrial expansion in her original artwork, and the song has a nautical theme which somehow acts as a metaphor for navigating human relationships. Listening carefully, you can hear Morse code, so thanks to  Dr Stephen C. Phillips for transposing Penny's lyrics.

Footsteps (2025)

by Millbrig

The third track released Autumn 2025 is suitably dark and witchy, reflecting how the human imagination can distort in the early hours before dawn, becoming uncannily close to Nature. There are multiple instances where heavier rock music  indicates  that Millbrig feet are either walking in a new musical direction, or returning to a rockier past... and the surreal hauntings of gothic horror.

Millbrig

Always busy with  work in progress...


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