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CHERRY GHOST (UK) - THE NORTHERN TOWN BLUES
by George Georgiou (song292@yahoo.gr)



Simon Aldred is a Bolton native with an interesting past as a solo artist.His musical reality has now turned to a full band called "Cherry Ghost",a name taken from Wilco song "Theologians".Simon Aldred has the gift of seeing demons dancing across factory floors...Aldred's statement "Willie Nelson meets Walt Disney" makes Bolton's heavy industry mysterious and promising:all this kind of simple human magic ended with "Thirst for romance" claiming an unexpected #7 slot in the UK album charts.A catchy seduction of country and indie rock opens the door to daily sympathetic shortcuts from life in Bolton.No high hopes ,no supernatural heroes,no immortal promises blow in the streets of his hometown.Aldred sings about his mates, silent heroes in a limited universe where sentiments still breath out serious reasons to create tunes in deep simplicity.Producer Dan Austin ,known from Massive Attack, sounds to respect the composer's aim for the return of classic old pop songs and the instruments-basically guitars,piano,drums and string arrangements-finally flow to drive the tales vivid, lively and eternal.The key to the final result is, beyond any doubt,Aldred's voice, a storyteller's friendly voice creeping over the pillows of humanity at night, revealing the importance of daily quiet tales of common people and building the personal triumph of finally inventing an audience for the passions of common people.Bittersweet well-crafted manouevres support his heartfelt lyrics digging into ordinary lives melting in time, anthemesque lines lift fameless characters and his kind type of voice stands certain and willing to advice like an old friend always been there.As any kind of rich and important album, many will find traces of hypothetic influences, from Johnny Cash to Smog and Bill Callahan, from Starsailor to Richard Hawley or from Sparklehorse to Richard Ashcroft.But sharing the distance of a Bolton native talented composer singing his north town chronicles of modern romance, we only have to deal with a block of first class authentic songs, from the uplifting country rock title track to the charming and definite proposal of the single "People help the people" and finally ending to the almost art rock hyperclassic diamond of "Mathematics"...Aldred's effort to escape the monotonous noise from the heavy industry in the northern end of England and seek something of beauty finally makes sense.We have already started to remember him with a smile on the face...



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