New Chester Road (Revisited) - Taken from the forthcoming album "Sunlight (Revisited)" - Buy Now at https://mistrust.bandcamp.com
New Chester Road Revisited takes the listener on a journey down the road of the same name, from Birkenhead via Port Sunlight. It's a metaphor about looking back on life and how things are no longer the same, but never really change.
I started playing the original version of New Chester Road (which was on my 2023 album "Sunlight") live at my gigs last year but wanted to try it with a more uptempo, electronic feel. Something a bit more in my Kraftwerk, OMD, and early Human League influenced style.
The beat I used in the new version reminded me of the one used in the song “The Quiet Men” by Ultravox in the John Foxx era (one of my favourite songs). I then ended up trying to replicate the stuttering bass line which sounds similar to the one performed by Chris Cross in The Quiet Men. When I heard that Chris had died, I felt that I wanted to pay my own tribute to him. Rather than do a cover version of an Ultravox song, this feels like a more personal thing to do and put out a song which is very much inspired by one of his classic bass lines and influential style.
