2026 Releases

In 2026, I’ve released (or am planning to release if it is a future date) the following new music on all digital music streaming platforms under the artist name “Kevin Ott”:

1. Home Above (full-length album) - 1/1

2. Arctic Compass (full-length album) - 1/6

3. Countersuit (full-length album) - 2/6

4. Crown of Labyrinths (full-length album) - 3/3

5. There With You (full-length album) - 4/5

6. Welcome to Saint Anne’s (a full-length album that explores the C. S. Lewis 1945 space fiction book That Hideous Strength) - 4/22

7. Mellow Spaces (full-length album) - 6/11

The first four albums are concept albums telling a single narrative taken from a novel I’ve been working on in recent years.

The fifth album, “There With You,” leaves that narrative concept album project and begins fresh with a mix of new themes.

The sixth album, as mentioned above, loosely explores the themes, settings, situations, and characters of the C. S. Lewis 1945 space fiction book That Hideous Strength — Book 3 in his beloved Space Trilogy and one of my favorite books.

The seventh album, “Mellow Spaces,” fulfills a goal I’ve always wanted to achieve: compose and record a full-length album made entirely of mellow songs with slow tempos. Only one track is the exception on this album: track 5, “When the Heavens Rend.” Although it uses a faster tempo, it still operates within a mellow sonic environment. The process of creating this seventh album has been a refuge in itself — a creative harbor that has provided stress relief and quiet rest within the mellow world of each track. Here’s a fun fact about this album: track 7 (“Long Empty Valley”) is in the time signature 5/4, one of my favorite off-time signatures for songwriting.

Below you can see the cover art for these albums.