Scott Baker’s sixth album Purpose (2023) is a concept album based on the human desire to find purpose in every step of life. Whether it be grade school children scoping out a career, an elderly person having lost their significant other, a career-job change, or a middle aged person taking a look back while moving forward, many viewpoints are allotted. People often pause to find their purpose at many of life’s crossroads. This musical map gives breadth to the sometimes conflicting passage.
Electric, acoustic, dreaming, thoughtful, and offering positive encouragement to others, Purpose crosses many feelings and directions across 16 tracks. Scott’s eclectic music career is represented in song from deep passages, to rocking displays of expression. Truly a part of rock music ‘concept’ records past and present, Purpose unfolds layers of sonic ear candy, with influenced nuances throughout. Meant to be listened as a whole, Purpose unravels in majestic and cinematic display. Many songs could also easily be cherry picked for radio.