Pure Concrete
The second album from Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross, released 29/05/20 via Iffy Folk Records.
Pure Concrete is a cracked hymn to the city of Glasgow. An album about love and lust, death and grief. A record that explores the walls we build around ourselves – the societal, the personal, the literal – and tears them down with a torrent of unfiltered honesty.
The songs delve unflinchingly into the truth of modern living. The alienation, the fleeting connections, the unrelenting pressures – all laid bare with elegiac detail. The personal and the universal coalesce. Intimate experiences are recounted and ubiquitous truths emerge. Life is seen from forgotten housing schemes, lonely hotel rooms, empty beaches and anonymous industrial estates.
This project was supported by PRS Foundation's The Open Fund.
'The duo have crafted a unique sonic palette via the merging of contemporary spoken word and post-punk/electro instrumental arrangements, bringing to the surface each artist's individual musicality.'
★★★★
The List
'Pure Concrete is Glasgow in a nutshell; diverse, boozy, unshrinking, occasionally crude, and often hilarious.'
★★★★
The Wee review
Physical copies - CDs and limited edition white vinyls - are available from the official Pure Concrete online Shop.
credits:
words by Kevin P. Gilday
music by Ralph Hector
drums by Shane Connolly
recorded at 4MH and Chem19
mixed & mastered by Jamie Savage
photography by Michael Gallacher | twistyfoldy.net
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Check out our Pure Concrete ‘Track by Track’ series of videos - exploring the stories and recording process behind each song.