Steve J. Allen is working on his music in his own uncompromising way and he has no intention of being tied down or held back by anyone else’s expectations of him. He grew up in Peterborough, UK, toured with punk bands from a young age and musically came of age in Sheffield, where he worked and lived for over 10 years before moving temporarily to South East Asia. His debut record, 2014’s Wreck The Place fell mostly into the punk category. On Contrast the sentiment of raw and angry energy has evolved into a wider range of stylistic features and emotions. A rather personal song about the loss of an early friend (For Joe), a psychedelic ballad (Other World) and even a couple of experimental numbers (The Anchor, Mystery Interlude II) were strewn-in. All in all Contrast is still an upbeat ...