Alan is a features editor and staff writer at The Line of Best Fit, and a freelance music news writer for Anthony Fantano's The Needle Drop. He started writing about music 20 years ago, and his work has appeared in Drowned in Sound, Music Week, musicOMH, and many other publications. Outside of the music industry, Alan is an award-winning science writer. Originally from London, he now lives on a beautiful island in south-east Sweden.