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Cherry Ghost - Beneath This Burning Shoreline
Released: 05/07/2010
Heavenly
The Manchester group’s second album has a pertinent title given that the BP oil spill has dominated recent news. But that’s the closest Cherry Ghost get to political or environmental issues on this set of gothic indie ballads and anthems. For those who prefer raindrops to sunbeams.
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Guardian“A weightiness that would be pretentious if the music weren't so pretty...” Cherry Ghost are good at purveying glimpses of seedy lives ("In a certain light your face could launch a bare-knuckle fight"), and exceptionally good arrangers of strings, guitar and thrumming synths into gorgeous symphonic pop...
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The Independent“Making huge strides...” Beneath This Burning Shoreline suggests the Bolton combo may be the Tindersticks of their era, mining the subtle twists of emotion in his songs through arrangements that deftly balance grandiosity and pathos...
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MusicOMH“This way, my friends, Mercury nominations lie...” The change in direction has done Cherry Ghost a power of good. In a year already crowded with outstanding album releases, Cherry Ghost could well have released one of the best of the year...
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