Tom Hingley
The Grand Mal

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Tom Hingey, former frontman of the Inspiral Carpets and renowned solo songwriter brings us his newest solo LP, 'The Grand Mal'. From the first moments of 'Actors' it's clear how Hingley's powerful melodic vocals work as well with stripped-back acoustic guitar and shimmering reverb as they do on the more gung-ho moments of rock and roll mayhem and bold swathes of funk-indebted guitar.
Though there are moments of more dynamic melodic synth work ('Harder') and grooving, lounge-flavoured folk ('Easy'), it's on the brittle acoustic guitar pieces that Tom's strong but beautifully tempered vocal is the most strikingly affecting. A finely crafted suite of brittle acoustic guitar and perfectly honed songmanship.
TRACK LISTING
1. Actors 04:04
2. Easy 03:20
3. Take It Like A Woman 03:41
4. Another Bird On A Wire 02:56
5. Harder 03:54
6. How Could I Be So Wrong 04:22
7. My Madness 03:28
8. White Feathers 03:26
9. This Is My First Rodeo 04:30
10. Open Up 03:52
11. Turnstile 03:50