East London songwriter Eddie Brett isn’t chasing perfection anymore, but chasing truth, and on Common Kalos, that honesty sits right at the centre of everything.
Out now via Wings Music Group, Common Kalos is a deeply personal nine-track album shaped by sobriety, faith, depression, recovery, and the quiet act of paying attention to everyday life. It’s the sound of an artist slowing down and choosing to live and create on his own terms.
Written during a period of significant personal change, the album documents what happens when you hit rock bottom and finally stop running. Across the record, Eddie reflects on the habits he hid behind, the stories he inherited, and the moments of beauty and meaning that exist in places we often overlook.
Musically, Eddie fuses folk, spoken word, and melodic pop into what he calls “confessional melodic poetry.” The result is warm and unfiltered music that balances humour with heaviness and uncertainty with hope. It leans into big questions around faith, identity, addiction, and purpose, without ever pretending to have all the answers.
“I don’t know if you can say this about your own creations, but it feels important, even if just to me,” Eddie shares. “It’s a reminder of where I’ve been and where I want to go. There’s sobering reality, joyful optimism, and a lot of honesty.”
That sense of honesty runs through the album’s standout moments. Alongside previously released tracks ‘Love Sick’, ‘Reno’, and ‘Myself’, lead single ‘Sanctuary’ captures the album’s reflective core. The song sits with uncertainty, observing life rather than trying to control it. It asks what peace looks like when you strip away old coping mechanisms and face things head-on.
The accompanying music video takes that idea somewhere unexpectedly playful. Dressed as a squirrel, Eddie wanders through London asking strangers where they find peace “Sanctuary is about questioning and observing life without having all the answers, When I stopped drinking, I realised I’d been using it as a safety blanket instead of truly celebrating life.”
Common Kalos also marks Eddie’s return to music after several years away from the spotlight. First known as one-third of Loveable Rogues, he reached the final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2012, signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco Music, co-wrote a UK Top 10 single, played Wembley Stadium, and toured arenas across the UK and Europe. But when the band split, the fast-paced rise gave way to addiction and a loss of identity.
What followed was a period of rebuilding — through sobriety, faith, and rediscovering songwriting without industry pressure. This time, the music isn’t about impressing anyone. It’s about presence.
“I just want to tell the truth as clearly as I can, And hopefully make something that helps people feel a little less alone while they’re figuring things out.”
Listen to Eddie Brett’s New Album, Common Kalos
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Written by Angel Joanne Okonkwo
Watch the music video for Eddie Brett’s lead single, Sanctuary
