Any attempts at modern comparisons don't quite get to the heart of David Ford. To find his actual peers you have to go back to some of the great curveball mavericks of melody, romance and inventiveness. Artists such as Tom Waits, Neil Young, Randy Newman and (early) Elton John, whose haunting, harmonious melodies are frequently offset by barbed, poignant lyrics.
'Shit happens but if it doesn't kill you, get up and keep moving forward' is Ford's eminently sensible take on life and one that encompasses every song on his debut album I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused. Debut single the brilliantly polemic 'State Of The Union, set the agenda distilled from 'page after page of vitriolic spouting', the song superbly encapsulates the everyday experience of being lied to, cheated and generally fucked over by Big Government/business/media/record labels, a subject Ford holds close to his heart...
'I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused' is an album of words and melodies that whisper and shout defiantly at the constant disappointments that litter our lives. Very much an advocator of the DIY approach, Ford recorded the album in the cellar of his Lewes flat.
A natural in front of an audience Ford isn't afraid to take risks with the occasional inspired cover version. These covers have become a regular feature at his annual charity event Milk & Cookies. His new album 'Songs for the Road' features an amazingly moving version of The Smiths' classic 'There is a Light That Never Goes Out' as a bonus track.
Following critical acclaim for I Sincerely Apologise...in the UK, Ford travelled to the U.S where his album was met with an equally warm reception. Stunning reviews ran in the New York Times, Rolling Stone and Variety and Ford found himself championed by NBC's Carson Daly on whose show he appeared three times. Support slots with Richard Ashcroft, Ray Lamontagne and Aimee Mann followed.
Ford released his second album 'Songs For The Road' in October 07 in the UK where it received fantastic press reviews and was named in the ten best albums of 07 by The Sunday Times, Word magazine and on BBC Radio 2.
Songs for the Road will be released in the USA and Canada in April 08.
(read less)Any attempts at modern comparisons don't quite get to the heart of David Ford. To find his actual peers you have to go back to some of the great curveball mavericks of melody, romance and inventiveness. Artists such as Tom Waits, Neil Young, Randy Newman and (early) Elton John, whose haunting, harmonious melodies are frequently offset by barbed, poignant lyrics.
'Shit happens but if it doesn't kill you, get up and keep moving forward' is Ford's eminently sensible take on life and one that...
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