(Morning Star, January 17 2010)
Heavy on the acousto-pop, Chris Bradley's second solo record takes him a further step from work with his bandmates in Aberfeldy.
Heavy on the acousto-pop, Chris Bradley's second solo record takes him a further step from work with his bandmates in Aberfeldy.
The maturity in his singing is bewitching from opener The Man I Love, underpinned by folk instrumentals and lyrics which speak of a wider world.
Bradley has clearly built on the elements which succeeded in his 2008 debut Voices, and has carved here the self-aware work of a folky Nick Lowe.
Golden Girl has all the accomplishment and intellect of Carrack-era Squeeze, while the biting Your Close Friend offers an emotional window on betrayal.
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