{"product_id":"beneath-this-burning-shoreline","title":"Beneath This Burning Shoreline","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first time the record is released on vinyl. \u003ci\u003eBeneath This Burning Shorelines\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 2010, was the second album from Cherry Ghost – the project of Ivor Novello winning songwriter Simon Aldred. Released on vinyl for the first time, ten years after its release, it stands as Aldred's bona fide masterpiece – not least by the songwriter himself. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the chart success of Cherry Ghost's debut\u003ci\u003e Thirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, Aldred felt disillusioned with touring an album he viewed to be stylistically \"schizophrenic.\" Whilst proud of the songs on that record, he had visions of something more cohesive, more mood-based – where ideas re-occur, images are fragmented and songs bleed into one another. Similarly, he'd been returning heavily to artists like Sparklehorse and Wilco. After nearly a decade on the dole, once Cherry Ghost brought Aldred financial stability the first thing he did was travel Europe – the album is galvanised by these solo rail journeys through cities like Berlin and Rome. Like Scott Walker's late 60s work, it's a romantic vision of a Europe filtered through the lens of an outsider. Atmospherics, too, would be crucial – Aldred had been listening to film soundtracks, and songs here are linked by unmoored instrumental passages. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeneath This Burning Shoreline\u003c\/i\u003e is overwhelmingly in a minor key, and choruses are few - \u003ci\u003eKissing Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, however, is the album's only anthemic moment.\"That references my days a young gay man\" says Aldred, \"staggering between bars but yearning for something more.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe album's most powerful moment is the haunting \u003ci\u003eMy God Betrays\u003c\/i\u003e - \"it is\" he explains, \"a completely bleak portrait.\" Inspired by the writings of Albert Camus, the song is an anti-hymn to a malevolent God, a prayer to a Lord who plays to the crowds and turns on the weak. \u003ci\u003ePeople Help the People It is Not\u003c\/i\u003e. There is, however, some redemption – the chiming\u003ci\u003e Black Fang\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most successfully realised love songs in Aldred's back catalogue. A decade on, it remains Aldred's proudest work - \"It's the one I always go back to, to remind myself what I get out of music.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50478707081547,"sku":"1090295","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9c79c023-c2c4-4b5c-813a-2b913a575fde_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727489430","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/beneath-this-burning-shoreline","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}