Ghost In A Spitfire - Peter Bruntnell
UK release - Monday 3rd October

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"One of the finest songwriters in Britain"
THE INDEPENDENT

"A quiet masterclass in emotional subtlty"
METRO

"Ghost In A Spitfire's most potent weapon is Bruntnell's emotion-racked voice - a delicate instrument worthy of cherishing"
THE SUN

"Radiant....exquisite...monumental"
UNCUT

Peter Bruntnell follows up the gentle bliss of Played Out (a collection of acoustic reworkings of some of his best songs) and the apocolyptic bite of Ends Of The Earth (Album Of The Week - The Independent) with Ghost In A Spitfire - an album packed with the kind of songs that led Rolling Stone to hail him as "one of England's best kept musical secrets".

Features contributions from Eric Heywood (Son Volt)
Danny Williams (Black Grape)
and James Walbourne (Pernice Brothers)
Recorded by Jim Lowe (Stereophonics)

Although his tent has been pitched in the Americana camp he's a very British songwriter who on the evidence of this latest album and especially on tracks such as Fear Of Lightning has more in common with Teenage Fanclub than the likes of usual comparisons Neil Young and Evan Dando. Lyrically he's never been tempted to stray from matters close to home and as a result he's been praised for the sucinct authenticity of his past five albums and Ghost In A Spitfire is no exception - its very title betraying a theme rarely found amongst his western peers.

The bulk of the songs were written by Peter and Candian writing partner Bill Ritchie before his recent tour of the UK with Kathleen Edwards and the album was recorded by Brutnell and Sterephonics producer Jim Lowe in a variety of locations: his own guitars and vocals were laid down at his home in Devon while Mick Clunes's drums and former Black Grape member Danny Williams's bass were all recorded in a converted barn in Yorkshire. In addition long time collaborator James Walbourne's lead guitar were nailed in north London and Son Volt's Eric Heywood recorded his pedal steel on Little Lorelai and Polar Bear Jail in his Shepherds Bush hotel room while on a break touring with Minnie Driver.