{"product_id":"cherry-ghost-live-at-the-trades-club","title":"Cherry Ghost Live at The Trades Club","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the final act before their hiatus – coming after three critically praised albums in a decade - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at the Trades Club Hebden Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Cherry Ghost performing an intimate, starkly arranged set at the 2015 Heavenly Weekender. Released now for the first time – on double vinyl – this is perhaps the best realised collection of songs from Cherry Ghost, the alias of the Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter Simon Aldred.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe instrumentation – Aldred is joined on keyboards and light percussion by Christian Madden and Grenville Harrop – brings to the fore Aldred's peerless songwriting, his oak-aged, prematurely wisened baritone. All of human life is here – tracking a drizzly Northern gothic of last bus loneliness, late-night Spars, solitary drinkers, factory floors and Gods that betray. And yet, there's more than meets the eye. There's magnetic renderings of his best known songs - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e4AM, People Help the People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the soaring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathematics \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- but surprises reveal themselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll I Want\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerd Runners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e candidly examine Aldred's sexuality, whilst the seldom heard b-side \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals Aldred to be a much funnier songwriter than remembered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat runs right through Aldred's work, however, is a yearning – a much tested faith in romance – so no wonder that the album ends on its most optimistic notes, at the darkest point of winter nestled in the West Yorkshire valleys, promising clear skies ever closer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loafers Vinyl \u0026 Coffee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37076810858646,"sku":"944","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/3817\/6662\/products\/image_c303543f-d7d0-41de-aa64-03081297c6c5.jpg?v=1605721097","url":"https:\/\/www.loafersvinyl.co.uk\/products\/cherry-ghost-live-at-the-trades-club","provider":"Loafers Vinyl \u0026 Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}