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Jonathan Roy – Symphony of Doubts

Florian Buechtingby Florian Buechting

Jonathan Roy - Symphony of Doubts

Jonathan Roy - Symphony of Doubts
4.2

Rating

 4.2/5

Flyctory.com Pros

  • Lovely songwriting and storytelling
  • Very personal atmosphere

Flyctory.com Cons

  • Just four new songs (and two atmospheric tracks)
  • Some slightly weaker listens

You just cannot tell the story of Canadian artist Jonathan Roy without naming an ice hockey legend. Jonathan is in fact the son of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy. Even though Jonathan did have a decent ice hockey career, he is nowadays successful as a singer-songwriter and artist. On 28th February 2025, he released his fifth studio album Symphony of Doubts.

 

Jonathan Roy – About The Artist

Jonathan Piuze Roy was born on 15th March 1989 in Pointe-Claire in Quebec. As said, he has been an ice hockey goalkeeper, playing for the Quebec Remparts. However, he rather went for the path in life of his mother, who loved to play the piano. In 2009, some two years after his sports career has come to an end, he released his debut album What I’ve Become. The album peaked 18th in the Canadian charts. Another major success was his 2017 album Mr. Optimist Blues, which even made it into the domestic Top 3. In December 2024, he released the EP Symphony of Doubts (Part 1), which is the backbone of his 2025 album release. The live acoustic version of his song Keeping Me Alive comes with almost 140 million streams on YouTube only.

 

Jonathan Roy – Symphony of Doubts – Track by Track

The twelve track album lasts 34 minute.

1. Doubt

Doubt is a 55 second intro track to the album, which starts with some dark sounds. Thereafter, there is an almost meditative voice introducing you to the album. The last words are Welcome to the Symphony of Doubts. Time to kick off the album.

2. Waiting For a Call

Jonathan Roy fans need to be strong now. The first part of the album is made by exactly the six tracks which have already been released as an EP in December. Even the order of songs is equivalent. Waiting For a Call is thereby a nice pop track with an energetic, partially voice by the Canadian artist. The key catch of the track is its cool groove. The background choir also adds a cool touch.

3. Nice To Meet You

The third song on the Symphony of Doubts is Nice To Meet You. The song is much calmer than the predecessor and thus even spreads a bit of a folk music touch. The voice of Jonathan Roy and the storytelling turn the song into a really nice listen.  The song also has a really nice plot.

I met you on a Sunny day,
where darkness filled my mind and you washed it away
You held me up
so I could fall telling me do it all over again.
Oh, nice to meet you, I thank you now Im feeling ok
Oh, nice to meet you, I’ll have you for the rest of my days

4. Just For The Night I’m In Love With You

This one is very rhythmic and thus has a stronger pop music feeling. The subject of Just For The Night I’m In Love With You is already well illustrated by the lengthy title. However, the three minute listen does not feel lengthy at all. The track is a really good listen.

5. Symphony of Doubts

The title track of Jonathan Roy’s 2025 album is the fifth one. Symphony of Doubts has a nice flow and introduces some cool bass sounds, but overall does not leave a that strong mark to me. However, there are some nice sing-a-long parts, which might be really nice at live appearances.

6. Singing To Sad Songs

Singing To Sad Songs spreads a typical acoustic singer-songwriter style at the beginning. Even though the song becomes more complex on the instrumental side, it keeps this intimate and very personal touch.

When I was Broken and buried 20’s came and went so I was
Singing to sad songs alone
Trying to cry begging for tears but I knew they’d never come
Out on my own singing to sad songs

7. Days That We Have Left

The next song on the album is Days That We Have Left. The song starts slowly with a piano intro, but rather soon also adds a scattered stomping beat. The song comes with a lovely, gentle atmopshere and a nice atmopshere.

8. Pulling Away

Fans of the Canadian artist might skip the album initially until this song. The previously released song section is over, here are the (so far) unknown ones. Pulling Away thereby is a nice opener to this second block of Symphony of Doubts, coming with a nice rhythmic and rocking style.

9. Divided

Divided is a really nice and rather modern pop track. The song has a nice flow and comes with a very present support on the instrumental side. A really good song, which is on my favorite song list of Symphony of Doubts, definitely.

And there they go again with their games its all pretend
Just to get you to fall in make you part of the problem
Here we go again Ill speak my mind until the end
I won’t let myself fall in cause I’m not the problem

10. I Know a Place

A gentle acoustic guitar melody is leading in I Know a Place. The acoustic style stays on throughout the song, enriched with some additional melodic elements here and there. Thus, I Know a Place is a beautiful and very personal listen.

11. Acceptance

The duration of Acceptance is just below one minute. The song is taking the role of an interlude towards the last song. The style of this one is equivalent to the intro track.

12. Will You be Back Someday

Do you love me when I am not myself are the first words of Will You be Back Someday. The song is a very gentle, touching finale of Jonathan Roy’s album. Even though the song gets significantly louder and more present in the chorus, it is overall a beautiful and fine finale of this album.

 

Jonathan Roy – Symphony of Doubts – Spotify

Here is the album on Spotify:

 

Jonathan Roy – Symphony of Doubts – My View

If you listen to Symphony of Doubts, you are somehow happy that Jonathan Roy’s netminder career did not work out. I am sure with parts of the talent of his father, he might have been a really nice athlete – but he is lovely as an artist as well. His 2025 underlines that. I really enjoyed the listen – and even excuse a few weaker spots on this record. Some more really new songs would have been nice, though.

Favorite Song: Divided

 

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