Songwriter Mirek Coutigny released his brand new album Through Empty Landscapes and New Beginnings on February 10th via Icarus Records and Consouling Sounds. Inspired by the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, as well as our current realities, Coutigny approached the writing of this album with the open question of what kind of society would-be construct if the slate was wiped clean and we could design it to our liking? Disconnect, division, and discord have almost become the bedrock of modern society, thanks to wars, pandemics, and other things of international significance. Despite these dissatisfying realities of modern society, they do provide favourable circumstances for a lot of artistic freedom to take effect. The album is his answer or response, so to speak, to what type o...