Punk/alt-rock guitarist James Stevenson just dropped his sophomore solo album, The Other Side Of The World, the codicil to his debut solo effort, Everything’s Getting Closer To Being Over. Released via Pink Gun Records, the title track is about James’ brother, David, who contended with the terminal malady known as Picks Disease. James explains, “Not many people have heard of the disease – it’s a really nasty one. The first lockdown was hard for us all but losing my brother in the middle of it truly broke my heart. The other side of the world is a reference to him living in Australia and also, because it’s a neurological brain disorder, that he was on the other side of the world mentally.” Recorded remotely, James laid down all the guitar, bass, and vocal tracks over a drum machine in...