The 20 days challenge

Given that recent world events have pretty much cancelled the entire global social and cultural calendar, many people have found themselves with an abundance of time on their hands. It’s not uncommon to find people taking on something new, from gardening to baking to misguided construction work – lots of people seem to have a project right now.

For British producer Joseph Thomas Price, aka Third Son, lockdown hasn’t meant putting music on hold though. Instead, he took advantage of the rare window in his schedule you the Everest of any musician’s career – his debut album. Not content with simply setting himself the goal of creating a full LP, Price publicly committed himself to the task of writing, recording and releasing the album within 20 days, while documenting the process on social media.

It was more than just an empty promise too. Having kicked the project off on 1 May, Price release the 11-track album, 20 Days, via his own Polymath label on