Gaunt Story
– Nothing Holds You Like a Song
DL
6 April 2015
Multi-instrumental
D.I.Y. artist releases his new album.
Beating Manchester
City in the Premiership maybe isn’t the only thing that Burnley can be proud of
at the moment. Enter Rob Ashworth (aka
Gaunt Story), a man capable of playing many an instrument and emitting some
lovely vocals disguised as some of the most accomplished songs you could hear.
On is new
album Ashworth continues his journey through picturesque musical scenarios
which will have you moving and jiggling any appendage you wish in an attempt to
immerse yourself in his sound. He’s not
a pretentious guitar player either, no silly solos that disappear into an
instantly forgettable oblivion, his playing is accomplished and worthy of
attention in its own right.
Nothing
Holds You Like A Song comprises of eleven tracks, each as entertaining as the
other and best listened to in one sitting (although there will be many more) as
it takes us on a weaving, escalating roam through gorgeous wordplay and rhyming
couplets.
It’s
difficult to compare Rob to anyone else although there must surely be others
who possess a similar talent, but until we come across them we should embrace
what he has to offer for the skill that it is.
Album opener My Son The Liar begins with an addictive guitar pluck which
is appealing in itself before even examining the Father/Son conversation which
then unfolds.
Rob Ashworth
it would seem, is more than a lyricist and songwriter. The man is a poet, and that’s a rare thing in
today’s schizophrenic world of music.
His words could be the subject of a stage reading and no-one would be
any the wiser.
The intro to
Forest Of The Lost bears more than a passing resemblance to English Rose (The
Jam), but what follows continues the exquisite sound than Rob soon makes his
own. Recent single, Seas Of Life ups the
pace with an exciting bass that underpins a fascinating song with a chorus that
remains in the ether long after the song has ended.
The title
track starts unassumingly but soon expands into a full-blown affair with
powerful percussion, sliding electric guitars and timely backing vocals. Drifting away into a blurred cacophony of
sound and militarian drums.
More than
just a guitar player, November Flows displays the skill of writing an
off-kilter melody with drums that occasionally shuffle and tease a trip-hop
beat to engage with stunning guitar work.
Album closer, Dreams Of Man returns to the one man-one guitar formula
which ends the collection sublimely.
8/10
Links
Gaunt Story on Soundcloud
Gaunt Story on Twitter
Gaunt Story on Facebook
HarFest blog
Published on Louder Than War 21/03/15 - here
Gaunt Story on Soundcloud
Gaunt Story on Twitter
Gaunt Story on Facebook
HarFest blog
Published on Louder Than War 21/03/15 - here
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