Welcome to blog rest. A space where I share the thinking, the story, and the honest moments behind the music. rest. started as a personal project during one of the harder periods of my life, and it has slowly grown into something I genuinely believe in.

I started it because I needed it - and I hope that in some way, it helps you too. Each post here is just me, writing honestly about rest, music, wellbeing, and everything in between.

No expert advice, no perfect answers. Just real thoughts from someone who is still figuring it out, one volume at a time.

I hope it brings you rest.

blog rest. - the journal of Lewis Bolland, British pianist and composer based in Berkshire, Bristol and London. Honest thoughts on calming piano music, wellbeing, sleep and the story behind the rest. music brand.
Songs I rest to. Ascent
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Songs I rest to. Ascent

The first in a series of tracks that bring me rest. Ascent by Ludovico Einaudi found me on a ship in the Bay of Biscay at ten o'clock on a July night - and it has never quite left.

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why rest?
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why rest?

The honest story of how rest. was born - from lockdown, insomnia, and an unexpected BBC royalty payment to a calming felt piano music brand that I hope brings a little more rest to your life.

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