Artist : Cherry Ghost
Album : People Help The People
Label : EMI
Genre : Indie
Bitrate : 190 kbps avg
Source : CD Single (1-2 tracks)
Playtime : 00:08:47 (12.5MB)
Rls date : 2007-06-25
Store date : 2007-06-25
[Track List]
1. People Help The People 4:00
2. Four Eyes 4:47
Cherry Ghost have an impressive list of influences on
their MySpace page. They range from Johnny Cash, via
Raymond Carver to The Smiths. An imaginative blend that
sounded like it should produce something dark, literary
and intense. Pity that they don?t close to matching those
hallowed figures.
Disappointingly this is more Johnny Mathis than Johnny
Cash. In truth it sounds like the kind of song that
Embrace would reject as a b-side. It's far too clichΘd,
dull and leaden. It plods along on a piano melody as bland
and monotonous as hospital food.
Simon Aldred's vocals struggle to hold a tune, despite the
expensive studio trickery. Not such an issue if you are an
indie wannabe but when you're aiming for the Coldplay
style soul. Well your voice needs to be on the money and
this isn't. Mind, I don't think even Liam Gallagher's
swagger could rescue this excuse for a song. As exciting
and vital as a Saga holiday in Clacton.