The Counterblast by Jim Griffin

releases November 14, 2025

Written and performed by Jim Griffin, featuring:

Robbie Costelloe - Saxophones on Track 2
Keith McCoy - Drums on Track 2
David Reece - Vocals on Tracks 2 and 3

Album artwork by Unlovely Frankenstein

Mixed by Joe Gallagher at GAF Studios, Tipperary
Mastered by Richard Dowling at WAV Mastering, Limerick

REVIEWS:
Saiten Kult Magazine says:
"On ́The Counterblast, Jim Griffin succeeds in combining pathos and introspection, bombast and vulnerability into a body of work that is literary, cinematic and deeply human. Anyone who has listened to ́"The Signal" ́will now realize that ́The Counterblast is the emotional center of gravity of his work, an obituary for the space age and perhaps the last science fiction album that still knows why we wanted to set off for the stars in the first place." (Michael Haifl, 26-10-25)
www.saitenkult.de/2025/10/26/jim-griffin-the-counterblast/

New Underground Music says:
"The Counterblast" by Jim Griffin is a great record, which is full of great progressive music, which I enjoyed immensely and I highly recommend this disc to every lover of this genre.

Then the bonus songs follow, the first of which is "For The Dying Empire" and in this Jim Griffin presents me with a nice sounding swinging rock song with a slightly hypnotic recurring rhythm and an average tempo, where sitting still is not an issue and in "January Sky" I get to hear an excellent danceable rock song with dance and disco related elements, it swings like a train." (Carry Munter, 27-10-25)
carrysnewundergroundmusic.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-jim-griffin-counterblast-sound.html

Prog Etplus:
The Counterblast sometimes evokes the dreamlike atmospheres of Pink Floyd or the timeless power of Deep Purple. There are also echoes of the universes of Cosmograf on The Man Left in Space, Steven Wilson on The Overview, or Current 93 in some acoustic parts (A Counterblast To Astral Travel in particular). But never the shadow of an imitation hangs over: Jim Griffin forges his own path, weaving his soundscapes with a personality and intensity all his own.

With The Counterblast, the Irish artist transforms his disillusionment into sound material. Behind each note emerges the melancholy of a shattered dream - that of a child of the stars forced to look down at the ground. The album sounds like a confession, both personal and universal. As long as men continue to scan the sky, Jim Griffin's music will shine like a fragile but persistent glow. A must-have, quite simply. (Marc, 27-10-25)
progetplus.over-blog.com/2025/10/jim-griffin-the-counterblast.html?