 
Most people will remember Aiden Grimshaw as the
guy with the quiff on the X Factor who came ninth
back in 2010 and even back then a lot of people
argued that Grimshaw should of got further in
the competition but then if you are not handpicked
by Simon Cowell from the start then it doesn’t
really matter when your X Factor dream comes to
an end, so Grimshaw has been away from the music
scene for a long time and in that time he has
taken time out to get to know himself as an artist
and has come back with a slight new look and an
all new gloomy sound with his debut album ‘Misty
Eye’.
‘Misty Eye’ has been in the works
for the best part of two years as Grimshaw really
took his time to write and record the album, often
writing about experiences in his own life to give
the album a big personal feel, musically it’s
a pop album but with a big electronic twist which
often comes across gloomy as Grimshaw sings about
moments in his life.
The album opens with ‘Hold On’ and
within seconds Grimshaw is coming at you in a
confident way with strong lyrics of “Time
stops, nothing is moving, lines cross we have
been abusing, hold on to your stars before they
fade” as the song progresses to the chorus
bigger and better things come as Grimshaw hits
his peak with a set of big and bold vocals, the
overall sound and feel of the song is like Moby
mixed with Massive Attack with a slick sounding
singer in tack.
‘Is This Love’ reached number 35 in
the UK singles chart back in June when it was
originally released, the song should of easily
got into the top 10 of the chart as it is fantastic
with mad disco beats coming at you at such an
intense pace as Grimshaw let’s rip with
a diverse set of vocals which chop and change
through the different beats of the song.
UK rapper Smiler joins Grimshaw for ‘What
We Gonna Be’ an song which features a massive
mixture of rap, dance and pop, to some people
it may feel like to many styles of music are being
mixed together but surprisingly it works ever
so well with Smiler and Grimshaw complimenting
each other with their chalk and cheese vocals.
The majority of the album is full of Grimshaw’s
own tracks but he does find space to put a cover
of a Sia song called ‘Breathe Me’
and he covers it so well with his vocals having
a slight haunting feel about them in places.
With ‘Misty Eye’ Aiden Grimshaw has
created an album that places him away from any
X Factor contestants so far, infact after listening
to a couple of tracks you will easily forget about
his time and sound at the X Factor and respect
him for coming back with his own unique sound
and coming up with an album that would Simon Cowell
would be far to scared to put out.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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