Calum Scott: Avenoir
(Capitol)
LP | CD | DL
Out tenth October 2025
With Avenoir, Calum Scott has as soon as once more confirmed himself not only a singer, however a storyteller, architect, and alchemist of emotion. Throughout fourteen songs, each observe feels hand-stitched right into a residing, respiration masterpiece—no fillers, no wasted house, solely brilliance radiating in each bar. Every monitor, from the intimate whispers to the thunderous crescendos, confirms that Scott’s voice stays some of the thrilling devices in modern music.
The journey begins with the luminous Lighthouse, a beacon that units the emotional compass of the album, earlier than plunging into the uncooked honesty of At Your Worst, a declaration that vulnerability itself generally is a superpower. Songs like Roots and God Is aware of weave collectively religion and fragility, grounding the report in themes of resilience, whereas Unsteady captures the trembling ache of residing between energy and collapse.
Scott pushes boundaries with Die For You, drenched in haunting devotion, and One Extra Drink, which flirts with darkness even because it sparkles with confession. The hypnotic Peripheral Imaginative and prescient blurs reminiscence and longing, whereas Lose Myself, Gone, and Mad pulse with a pop grandeur that feels destined for arenas, every refrain hovering increased than the final.
The center of the report, Avenoir, is a shimmering center-piece — lush, euphoric, and timeless — anchoring the gathering with each cinematic sweep and intimate soul. However it’s within the closing act, with the daring I Wanna Dance With Someone, that Calum Scott breaks free of each field the trade ever tried to place him in. Teaming up with the spirit of Whitney Houston’s legacy, Scott transforms the traditional anthem right into a celebration each reverent and revolutionary. It isn’t imitation—it’s dialog. His voice folds into hers, not as an echo however as a associate throughout time, bridging many years with unshakable pleasure. In that second, boundaries dissolve: previous and current, legend and residing artist, all dancing collectively on the identical flooring.
What makes Avenoir sensational isn’t solely the stainless manufacturing and dazzling vocal efficiency, however the sense that Scott has lastly stripped away all hesitation. Each tune feels lived-in, carved from actual heartbreak, love, and triumph. My World glows with gratitude, whereas Lose Myself is catharsis painted in neon. Every monitor is a universe —glittering, heartbreaking, uplifting — and collectively they kind a constellation that outshines style and expectation.
Calum Scott has by no means sounded braver, freer, or extra dazzling. Avenoir isn’t simply an album— it’s a boundary-breaking revelation. A set of nice songs, each single one, shining like stars in a sky that Scott has claimed solely as his personal.
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All phrases by Eileen Shapiro. Extra of Eileen’s writing will be present in her creator’s archive.
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