Having performed in front of millions of fans around the world and selling out headline shows, Bradley Simpson is now channelling that star power into his debut solo album, ‘The Panic Years’, which is destined to establish him as one of the UK’s most exciting new global artists.
Having performed in front of millions of fans around the world and selling out headline shows, Bradley Simpson is now channelling that star power into his debut solo album, ‘The Panic Years’, which is destined to establish him as one of the UK’s most exciting new global artists.
Take his first single, the angst-ridden ‘Cry At The Moon’ that recalls Jeff Buckley on ‘Grace’. It opens with sparse, Americana-influenced acoustic guitar strums, before Simpson begins to sing the first verse in dark, husky tones. Then the song explodes on the chorus with a shout, the squall of electric guitars and an intense flurry of percussion. “Now I cry at the moon/ She don’t shine quite like you,” he calls out. “I’m all wrapped up in chains/ No matter what I do/ There’s no coming back from you.”
