David Ford - May You Live In Interesting Times (2022)

May You Live in Interesting Times, is one of two long players that Ford is due to release this year. “It’s a snapshot of a strange moment in our history,” he says. “It’s about the unexpected forces that hold us together and those that drive us apart, seeking to understand the modern predicament as something altogether more complex and nuanced than the much-cited battle between love and hate. I wanted to tackle some grand subject matter, but through the personal stories of the characters who inhabit the songs." Naturally, Ford is being coy – it’s the new him – although, almost as a matter of course, he’s about four steps hence, out-manoeuvring whatever zeitgeist you’re willing to throw up at him.