John Mitchell, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer known for his work with a variety of bands like It Bites, Frost*and Arena has 2 albums coming out this year, one with Asia and one with Lonely Robot. The final Lonely Robot album. An Ending will be released on September 11th, 2026. Meanwhile, the new Asia album, Indigo is due out on November 6th.
On this new podcast, Mitchell talks about both albums and more.
Check out the podcast on these services:
Apple • Spotify • Amazon • PodBean • YouTube
Over five albums, Mitchell has followed an astronaut stranded in space, unable to return home. He gazes down at that pale blue dot and asks the kind of questions Sagan spent his life wrestling with. What are we? Why do we behave as we do? What does it mean to be human? The first three Lonely Robot albums looked outward at our species. The fourth and fifth turned the lens inward, as the same frailties the astronaut had observed in humanity, he began to recognise in himself. The grand philosophical questions became something far more personal. The big picture and the individual life are, it turns out, the same thing.
More than four decades after redefining the sound of melodic progressive rock, Asia return in 2026 with “Indigo” – a studio album that bridges past, present, and future with remarkable grace and authenticity. Now featuring Geoffrey Downes alongside an inspired new lineup—Virgil Donati, John Mitchell, and Harry Whitley—Asia step confidently into a new era while honoring the legacy that made them one of the most iconic supergroups of all time. Recorded throughout 2025 and produced by Downes and the band, with mixing and mastering handled by John Mitchell, “Indigo” captures the unmistakable spirit of Asia while injecting it with renewed vitality and purpose.
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