In their twentieth year of existence, The Tangent are pleased to present their 12th studio album "Songs From The Hard Shoulder" On this album, The Tangent focuses almost exclusively on their long-format songs or 'epics', with only one song less than 16 minutes long. The album sounds very mature, and the band has audibly focused on the compositional structure of this album, which in the case of the three long tracks is also very complex and 'thought out'. From a lush and uplifting song about loneliness in Covid Lockdown, to a 17-minute jazz/prog/Canterbury fusion instrumental, to a darkly electronic tale about a homeless woman, with shades of Nine Inch Nails, Po90, Japan and Van Der Graaf lurking within. The album's final track is the 4-minute, buoyant Motown song "Wasted Soul," in which the band anticipates a wonderful day in the future when the pandemic is gone forever The band lineup remains from the last two albums: Andy Tillison (vocals/keyboards), Jonas Reingold (bass), Luke Machin (guitar/vocals), Steve Roberts (drums) and Theo Travis (saxophone & flute).