Saiphon and “Another Lifetime” – A Ballad of Memory And Timing

Back When the Songs Came First and Everything Else Followed

Don’t know what cats can play. Never thought about it. But what I know right now is that Saiphon comes from Another Lifetime, and they’re probably the only ones who can tell us what cats cannot play at all. That earlier song title, Cats Can’t Play Guitar, still makes me smile.

I love that student-band spark, half joke, half instinct. The kind of starting point you don’t overthink , yet this new chapter turns serious and reflective.

The Story Behind It

Another Lifetime began with a bad dream. Bennie Hayfield woke up with that ache tied to a missed moment, one I know I’ve carried, and I doubt I’m alone in that. That feeling became the backbone of the song written early in the band’s life, only their second original song together.

I like that detail. A band still figuring out how they work together shows up in how the song breathes, hesitates, then leans into the chorus. Listening to it, I keep thinking about timing and the versions of life we build in our heads. “Maybe in another lifetime.” Sometimes that’s where love feels safest.

Rock Roots, Human Push

The influences sit out in the open. Aerosmith in the emotional lift, AC/DC in the backbone – but the song still feels like itself. Another Lifetime sits as the 5th track on New Man, Saiphon’s latest album, released at the end of November 2025. That place on the record feels right – Another Lifetime sits as the heartbeat of the album, the place where the band shifts and starts looking in. The album’s flow keeps pushing me back to the space between lines, where regret and hope sit side by side.

The Bradninch Sessions

Recorded in Bradninch, Devon with Michael Clarke, Bennie’s cousin, the session feels close and familiar, yet far more decided than the seventy-nine different spellings of the town’s name on record. Another Lifetime leans into timing rather than spectacle, where feelings argue with the present instead of moving on with it. I’ve been there. We all have, whether we admit it or not.

Finally, it’s worth naming the people behind Another Lifetime: main songwriter Bennie Hayfield, with Jude Parker on bass, Nicola Oakley on drums, and Aidan Brion on guitar. Keep an eye on Saiphon via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

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