Entertainment For Lively Minds
Cherry Ghost
Posted by scrabopower on 20 July 2010 - 10:51pm.
What's it called?:
Beneath this Burning Shoreline
What It Sounds Like:
Stirring, literate, socially aware music of the alt-country & northern (England) variety. 2007's Thirst for Romance was impressive, but this album ramps up the gloomy atmospherics, flawed characters, and gritty romance considerably. When you reach the comparatively upbeat 12th track "Black Fang" it really does feel like a shaft of light after a dark, dark journey. But it's beautiful, bruised stuff all the way.
What Does It All "Mean"?:
We can do our own alt-country here in Britain without the american beards and checked shirts. I hate to use the term "kitchen sink realism" but...Simon Aldred delivers this perfectly wrapped up in stately, elegant melodies.
Goes well with...:
looking out the front window of my house at windy rain-soaked terraced streets on a dark summer evening
Might Suit People Who Like...:
the films of Shane Meadows, Doves, Neil Finn's solo work
