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”:
Home Above (full-length album) - 1/1
Arctic Compass (full-length album) - 1/6
Countersuit (full-length album) - 2/6
Crown of Labyrinths (full-length album) - 3/3
There With You (full-length album) - 4/5
Welcome to Saint Anne’s (a full-length album that explores the C. S. Lewis 1945 space fiction book That Hideous Strength) - 4/22
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.
Mellow Spaces
Welcome to Saint Anne’s
There With You
Crown of Labyrinths
Countersuit
Arctic Compass
Home Above