ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Luck – Be Curious

Self-release

Released: 24.11.23

Steve Luck’s Be Curious is an invitation to enter into isolated atmospheric landscapes and saturated emotional states. Most of the 12 tracks on the Newcastle-based contemporary classical pianist and composer’s album are less than three minutes long, but it doesn’t feel restless or discordant – most of the tracks feature undulating piano chords and sloping melodies that bleed into each other.

Blue Dot is a personal favourite and despite more upbeat tracks like Smile and Equinox, the album is overwhelmingly melancholic and sentimental. I listened to Be Curious whilst Storm Babet raged outside and it formed a perfect backdrop. But even better, you can see Steve Luck perform for free in his studio at 36 Lime Street in Newcastle on Saturday 25^th and Sunday 26^th November.