There are some nice concessions to modern studio sheen - but this never detracts from the song.  Experiments are not Everett's bag of tricks -- instead its obvious that the song/melody/hooks are all, and there are many across these 11 tracks.

Highlights include the uptempo "Rags to Riches", the acoustic "If We Moved to New York" - a personal highlight - with gorgeous vive and lovingly styled acoustic baseline, and best of all - the 80's new wave pop style rip-off "Every Time I look at You" which is great fun - and deserves mass exposure.

The Ground should be heard and played by all those who crave for good old fashioned pop music as opposed to the music factory fodder that gets created/promoted/playlist saturated these days, something which Everett himself likes to have a few digs at in a couple of lyrics.

The disc has been a very pleasant experience with some tracks really embedded within the psyche after 3 plays.

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