Neal Francis "Return to Zero" COLOR:COBALT BLUE there's the mid-tempo

there's the mid-tempo

” adds Cedric

Recorded at Flegel's Realistik Studios in Toronto and featuring younger brother Andrew Flegel on drums

a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers

Sparse and spectral

Neal Francis "Return to Zero" COLOR:COBALT BLUE there's the mid-tempoThe latest album from Neal Francis, Return To Zero, emerged from a kind of visionary fever dream. Facing countless moments of creative frustration eventually gave the album its title. I was cutting a lot of the vocals at home, Francis explains. Every time I needed to start over Id press this button that says RTZ, which stands for Return To Zero. I was doing take after take but no matter how frustrated I got, I just told myself to remain calm and take