Rob Halligan is a singer-songwriter from the UK. He's been touring and recording professionally since 2004 and has received critical acclaim for his music and work with different charitable organizations. An occasional blogger, here's what he says about his latest album So, about this mess…. I wonder if I’m having some kind of mid-life crisis. I mean, look at the songs in my new album. If that’s not the story of someone splashing about in deep water looking for the best way to the dry land of achievement then goodness me, I don’t know what is. I go from singing about hope to relationship tensions and doubts, faith, love, ranting and finish it all wondering if anyone’s actually listening or would miss me if I leave. It’s funny really. You would think that after 42 years (yes, really!) I’d have figured a few things out. The sad reality is that I still bumble along like someone who thinks they’re on the right train but still has that nagging thought they should have changed at the last stop. Or that feeling you have when you go on holiday and drive away from home certain you’ve forgotten something but cant quite put your finger on what it might be. It’s that “something’s missing” feeling that I’ve only started to get in the last year, since drawing something of a line under the whole 9-11 thing. It happened almost immediately. I was playing a show in Thundersley in October 2011. It was a good gig but I left wondering what I was doing this for now. And the feeling didn’t stop, even with a trip to Ethiopia to see the amazing work Global Care are doing there. You see, it has to be more than just singing songs, even if those songs touch people or raise awareness of particular situations. Those things are incredibly important but it’s more than that and certainly more than just providing entertainment. At one point I started to look at what I believe and how much of my faith is in my heart rather than my head. I think it makes this collection of songs the most honest I’ve recorded. If I’ve realised one thing over the past year it’s that God loves it when we’re honest. Even if that honesty says, God, I’m having a bit of trouble believing in you right now. My hero at the moment is the guy who said to Jesus, “Lord I believe, help me in my unbelief”. You see He can work with that. Ten years ago I was challenged to live the things I said I believed. The journey I’ve been on has taken me not to a place where I do that, but to this ongoing discovery of what I really do believe. So far the thing I can be certain of is that God is bigger than my failings, doubts and insecurities and for every doubt I have, there seems to be a measure of grace that gives me a bit of faith. So this new album, Another Fine Mess. That’s just what it is. And it’s been good to discover as I’ve sung these songs, that it’s not just me. There’s a lot of people on this road with a lot of hang ups and issues. And God’s bigger that all of us put together.