great reasons U.K. prog veteran John Mitchell begins his latest Lonely Robot album,, with a cut called “Recalibrating.” For starters, it’s a ripper — a pulse-quickening piece of peak pop-fusion-era Police full of vibrantly polyrhythmic piano and the guitarist’s uncanny waggling. The tune takes inspiration from Mitchell having exited a 16-year personal relationship during the height of Covid lockdowns, the musician faced with pushing himself forward and “trying to find [] way again.” Fittingly enough, is likewise Mitchell’s return to his Lonely Robot solo project, after delivering last year’s with his other long-term project, progressive supergroup Frost*. And in terms of his lead chops, was also a chance to get his bearings back after reining things in on
