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Those of us with ears wide open to winning pop melodies, meaningful lyrics and time-honoured song craft sat bolt upright recently to welcome the arrival of The Gleeman. ‘The Gunslinger’ Acoustic EP marked a refreshing return to the sort of skilled compositions that you might have thought were lost somewhere around the late 1970s. These evocative pieces have had listeners reaching for the who’s who of A-list singers and writers that they evoke. It’s impossible not to notice the consistent calibre of the song writing, which is quite extraordinary. The Gleeman is a storyteller, sometimes fictional, sometimes devastatingly personal, with melodies that will stick with you and lyrics that will entice you and draw you in deeper. A key figure in the journey of The Gleeman was David Grant, a man who knew the pop game inside out as an A-list hitmaker himself. When it was time to record his debut album Something To Say, David put The Gleeman in touch with producer Will Hicks (Ed Sheeran) and whilst The Gleeman is a multi-instrumentalist, the recordings have been augmented by a fine cast of supporting musicians including Ash Soan on drums (Adele), Fred Abbott on guitar/keys (Noah And The Whale) and indeed, David Grant on backing vocals. With a mantra to live life by based on Norman Vincent Peale’s quote: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars” and with songs that indeed have Something To Say, expect to be inspired by a lot more of The Gleeman.