A message from the heart of the housing crisis.

I wrote this in 2019, when things seemed insurmountably bleak. I wasn’t truly homeless, but I was of no fixed abode, having little option but to forego stability for a time, observing the decay and desperation of inner city Bristol. These are reflections from that time.

Left Destitute

The compass is broken.

As the second half of a fraught decade begins, here's the story so far.

The New True North

Liamantra is the rap alias of multi-genre artist, producer and musician Liam Anthony Reynolds.

Inspired by poetry as much as the technical lyricism and social conscience of hip hop, Liamantra taking the rhythmic word back to first principles.