Forged in trauma and an intense, bewildering slew of mixed emotions, Ian William Craig has created an neoclassical, pico.-cenetred album of beauty, sadness and depth. 'Red Sun Through Smoke’ is a profoundly moving album, a standout record in a prolific body of work that shows no sign of faltering. The record was made through an intense period of personal loss and environmental catastrophe: ‘Red Sun Through Smoke’ was recorded over two cataclysmic weeks in August 2018 in Kelowna, whilst the city was encircled by the forest fires which, under a warming climate, now regularly rage through British Columbia in summertime.