David Ford

Meet David Ford. I'd never heard of him till yesterday after checking my inbox (thanks, btw), but after listening to 4 or 5 songs, I was blown away. That's saying a lot coming from me. This guy really hasn't been getting the attention he should be here in the US. There could be a comparison to David Gray in here, but Ford's songs are much more brutally honest. "State of the Union" from 2007's I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble That I've Caused will no doubt leave most Americans thinking he wrote this song about our Bush years, but there's much more to it than that. Even maybe a rallying cry, perhaps? Either way, I think it's brilliant.
2008 saw the release of Songs for the Road. With songs like "I'm Alright Now" that Ford says has a character he can relate to in going through the ups and downs in life - minus the part about drug addiction. "Go To Hell" is a song just about all of us can relate to, about having that one person in our lives who just won't go away, no matter how many times you tell them to...go to hell. "Song for the Road" I have to say is one of my favorites on a personal level. Whether you prefer the guitar version as seen on YouTube during an appearance on Carson Daly or the piano in the album version, if you've ever had to spend a significant amount of time away from the one you love, then you'll get the point.
There's certainly no covering up or sugar-coating on any of Ford's songs, and you can certainly tell from the lyrics that this guy doesn't write a song with hopes of topping any charts. He just writes them, which makes listening to them all that much better.

State of the Union by David Ford from I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble That I've Caused [deleted mp3]
Go To Hell by David Ford from Songs for the Road [deleted mp3]
I'm Alright Now by David Ford from Songs for the Road [deleted mp3]


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