Album: The Cold Light of Day
Artist: The Cold Blooded Hearts
2023 Cherry Red Records
CD: CDBRED885
Gareth Ainsworth: lead vocals (1-10), backing vocals (2-5)
Lee-van Sargeant: guitar (all), bass (1-5, 7-10), keys (1, 5,
6, 9, 10), piano (4), vocals (11), backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7, 10)
Luke "Chalky" Sargeant: drums (1-10)
Geoff Downes: keys (2), piano (3, 4, 9,
10), organ (3-6, 8)
Pennie Walker: backing vocals (2-5, 9, 10), ad libs (10)
Ron Campbell: bass (6)
Rebecca Campbell: backing vocals (10)
Kayla Campbell: backing vocals (10)
Produced by Downes
Recorded at Mean Dog Studio
Additional recording at Geoffrey Downes Studio
Engineered and mixed by L Sargeant
Additional engineering by Steve Rispin
Mastered by Oli Hemingway
Design: Cürt Evans
Tracks:
1. "High" [L Sargeant] (4:29)
2. "Love's Lost" [L Sargeant/Ainsworth] (3:53)
3. "Hollow" [L Sargeant] (5:41)
4. "Eastern Sunrise" [L Sargeant] (4:07)
5. "Worth Waiting" [L Sargeant] (4:04)
6. "Cold Road" [L Sargeant] (3:53)
7. "Tell Me!" [L Sargeant] (3:26)
8. "She Ain't in Love with Me" [L Sargeant] (5:28)
9. "Grey" [L Sargeant] (4:45)
10. "Broken Sky" [L Sargeant] (8:20)
11. "Conspiracy of Silence" [L Sargeant] (4:48), CD-only bonus track
Notes: The album was released 21 Jul 2023 digitally, on CD
(CDBRED885) and vinyl (BRED885).
This is a decent rock album. The Cold Blooded Hearts are best known
because of their leader singer, Gareth Ainsworth. Ainsworth is
currently the coach of the football club Queens Park Rangers; he
played with various clubs, including Wimbledon and Queens Park
Rangers, before focusing on management. He has also sung since
childhood and been in various bands. Ainsworth and L Sargeant have
worked together for 20 years. They formed Dog Chewed the Handle in
2004, the band subsequently changing its name to The Cold Blooded
Hearts.
On 14 Feb 2022, Downes tweeted, "Great few days working in my studio
with footballer/manager legend Gareth Ainsworth and his band the
Cold Blooded Hearts." Downes tweeted 4 Sep, "Back working in my
studio for a few days on a project with good friend and
producer/engineer, Steve Rispin." This was followed by a 6 Sep tweet
that described a "Great couple of days working on an album project
at my studio with this legend of a footballer and Wycombe Wanderers
manager, Gareth Ainsworth." DBA label Cherry Red Records are also a
kit sponsor for Wycombe Wanderers (where Ainsworth previously played
and then managed) and released a previous single by Ainsworth &
the Cold Blooded Hearts. (HP, 2 Sep 23)
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