We can't wait to welcome back an artist that played one of our absolute favourite gigs last year!
Ghostpoet’s debut album, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam, marked him out as one of the most distinct, uncategorisable and forward-thinking voices to emerge in British music this decade, and it was rewarded with a surprise Mercury Prize nomination in 2011. It was a sudden rise for a man who for whom news of a record deal came in the same week that he was made redundant from his office job in insurance.
Ghostpoet’s creativity has blossomed even more on his second album, Some Say I So I Say Light, pushed even further in all directions than on Peanut Butter Blues. Whereas Peanut Butter Blues was entirely self-produced on a computer in Ghostpoet’s bedroom, Some Say I So I Say Light is a studio-based work co-produced with the talented Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Darkstar, Egyptian Hip-Hop) largely on analogue equipment.
The result is an incredibly eclectic mix of industrial beats, sonorous piano lines and hyper-detailed ornamentation. The sound of the album is generally moodier, written on piano in a claustrophobic Dalson flat, with Ghostpoet
choosing to confront darker feelings he would usually ignore when
creating music. The tunes take on a huge range of new sounds and
influence; cinematic horns, string-led chamber music, afrobeat, two-tone
and moody, abstract soundscapes. All of this is tied together by Ghostpoet’s unique voice; stamping an album that marks a step upward with his one-of-a-kind identity.
Last gig sold out quick so get tickets!
Last gig sold out quick so get tickets!
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