Some projects arrive at the right time. Others feel like they’ve been orbiting you for years before finally lining up. Photographing Feeder’s Comfort in Sound tour, and ultimately providing the cover and artwork for the new live album, is very much the latter.
Comfort in Sound has a particular meaning in Feeder’s history. When it was released in 2002, the band were navigating the loss of drummer Jon Lee. The album was a piece of collective grief processed through melody, resilience and a kind of fragile hope. Tracks like “Cone Back Around”, “Just the Way I’m Feeling,” “Find the Colour” and the title song became touchpoints for people who’d lived through their own versions of rebuilding. I was one of them. That record was part of my own soundtrack at the time – a reminder that heaviness could coexist with movement, and that music can hold space for things life doesn’t quite have words for.
Fast-forward two decades, and I walked into Feeder’s 2025 Comfort in Sound anniversary tour simply as a photographer covering the London date, shooting the show and writing a review for Rock DNA Magazine. That one night changed everything. Off the back of the review and the images, Feeder invited me out for further dates on the tour around the UK, a chance not just to capture the performances, but to follow the arc of the tour and the atmosphere surrounding such an emotionally loaded album.
As the shows unfolded, I found myself in creative conversations with Grant Nicholas about the upcoming live release. We shared ideas about using the giant screen, and about light and shadow. Something that acknowledged the album’s weight while reflecting the band as they are now. Those conversations shaped how I shot the tour: looking for moments that felt honest, unforced, and true to the heart of the performance. I knew equally it was important to include the energy and emotion of the crowd, a fanbase loyal to Feeder for over thirty years.
After everything wrapped, Feeder selected one of my images as the cover of Comfort in Sound Live, with five more photographs chosen for the internal artwork. Having a band trust your work enough to represent such a defining era, especially an album as personal as this one, is something I won’t forget. Not just a job and a credit; it’s a connection to a record that meant a lot to me long before I ever stepped into a photo pit.
Comfort in Sound Live will be released on 27 February 2026, with pre-orders available now via Townsend Music.
You can also read the review of the Brixton show on Rock DNA Magazine.
This project started as a single shoot. It became a full-circle moment, one that ties together my history with the album, Feeder’s journey, and the work I’m doing now.