Bromide - The Trouble With Bromide

Bromide is london-based, essex-born, capri-owning, cat-worshiping singer-songwriter simon berridge and anyone he can con into playing with him. so far there have been two albums on bromide’s own scratchy records label - ‘iscariot heart’ and ‘no.space.anymore.even.inbetween.words’. along the way he’s shared stages with vic chesnutt, mark eitzel from american music club, darren hefner and NY anti-folker major matt mason. ‘the trouble with.. bromide’ is a collection of thirteen lo-fi acoustic folk pop gems including a cover of the legendary guided by voices song ‘game of pricks’ simon: ‘this record is about being alive on the planet. looking for love. finding love. losing love and finally getting it back again’ this album also marks the first in a new series of releases from scratchy records including  debuts from postspacerockers spork (who also produced ‘the trouble with..’) and later in the year troubadour songster matthew neel. what people have said about bromide - ‘Mainman Simon Berridge has an ear for a canny tune and a keen lyrical eye for detail. Front that with his Ray-Davies-meets-Lloyd-Cole crooning and you’re onto a winner’ The Big Issue ‘Bright shining songs that sound like they should be all evening Radio One…  The Organ ‘Romping, indie-pop blast with lyrics that recalls the heyday of The Only Ones: “If you were dead I could let go / Not while you’re still breathing though” ’ The Times Delicate and accomplished indie romanticsm' Time Out ‘a mixture of restless ambition and prolific talent’ The Independent 'Sounds particularly like something neil young and turin breaks might have collaborated on in the unlikely event they had met at school' Q 'A promising album in the vein of smog, silver jews and pinback. 'rollercoaster' would be a jukebox classic in nowhereland.'  Gonzo Circus

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