#SRCZ Album Preview // Jim Pearson – It Might Never Happen
Wirral singer songwriter
Jim Pearson makes music with a distinctive bite. Combining elements of the
traditional folk protest song with humanity and a good sense of rhythm it was a
pleasure to get asked by the man himself to preview his upcoming new album It
Might Never Happen…
The first hint of the
sound for this album came with the excellent alt-Christmas song Now Is The
Moment That We Are Alive, with its slow building, almost 1940’s swing like
arrangement leading to a sing along conclusion that marks out the sentiment
that best describes Pearson’s music: the
celebration and discussion of the now in prescient but never overly
confrontational words.
It Might Never Happen,
over its twelve tracks, covers a variety of topics from the seemingly mundane to the
spiritual, with a ear catching habit of crafting some excellent rhythms to make
the occasional socially charged words deceptively danceable and on occasion are
a wakeup call in their very utterance. ‘Wake up smell the coffee, make the most
of your day’ says the aforementioned Now Is The Moment That We Are Alive; All
Electronic Devices urges the listener to switch off all of said electronic
devices and refresh your mind and on When The Sun Shines the vibe is most definitely
a happy one.
It should be noted that in
the process of writing this preview it was rather difficult not to stop typing
such was the quality of the music. We’ve witnessed Jim Pearson, guitar in hand,
on many occasions but the power of this album is such that we’re really looking
forward to catching these songs in their live form soon. In the end though, it’s
all true; It May Never Happen but while the music plays on the grim reaper can
scheme away to his black heart’s content.
The release date for It
Might Never Happen is not set precisely but to ensure the album gets the
release it deserves Jim Pearson has set up a Pledge Music campaign that has
some rather nice rewards for those who pledge, including a copy of the physical
release, exclusive B sides and rarities and more.
(Sebastian Gahan)