Perfect Isolation: 10 Essential Post-Rock Solo Projects of the Covid Era

It’s no secret that the lockdowns and other social restrictions of the Covid era prompted people all over the world to take on creative projects of all kinds. Some relished the time suddenly available to them to realize some deeply personal ambition; some found themselves struggling with loss or loneliness and sought an outlet for their feelings; some simply took the opportunity to explore roads not yet taken. I can’t presume to know which of these paths, if any, led the other artists featured here to release their first recordings at this particular time. But I know that in my own case, the UK’s first lockdown in the spring of 2020 found me re-evaluating my relationship with music. I’d sold all my instruments and recording gear two years earlier after a brain haemorrhage affected my abili...