10 Year Plan

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He was proven right, as Rhodes continues: “The number of people enjoying country music has exploded in the UK, but it still feels like an undercurrent. Even recently, we’ve had people come to our shows and say they were surprised, because they didn’t think country was for them!” They do remain overly enthralled by the modern pop-country movement, though, which could become a problem as that increasingly oversaturated scene sounds rather watered down and dated. With independent acts such as Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson and Cody Jinks making waves with more authentic, traditional-sounding fare, The Shires should be encouraged to go further down the appealing road they explore on this album’s more organic, rootsy numbers. The single release with its very unique rhythm is one of the signature songs of the album, for sure. Nice work with pop and Americana elements – however, overall this one is rather a pop song. Official Charts - Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts". Officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010 . Retrieved 19 March 2015. Crissie Rhodes opens the song in the style of a piano ballad. With the first chorus, there is much more intensity, but the song stays slow and very emotional. Beautiful listen.

The second song Sparks Fly is slower, almost has a bit of a ballad and pop song touch. I struggle a bit with this one at the beginning – but the longer (and: the more often) I listen to it, it moves into my comfort zone. However, Cut Me Loose is definitely in a stronger position in my country music heart. 3. Side By Side a b "Certified Awards" (enter "The Shires" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017 . Retrieved 14 September 2014. I already stated in my previous album review that I am not that much a fan of The Shires. Nonetheless, I loved their 2020 Good Years. The album received a massive rating. I don’t see this quality in The 10 Year Plan. The Brits are gifted songwriters, gifted musicians and vocalists – but the album feels very monotonous and boring to me. Only a few songs are at least somehow close to the quality of the predecessor album. Is The 10 Year Plan a fail? No, Ben and Crissie are simply too good for that. But these two superb musicians simply should do better than they do here. No doubt from the very first moment: The Shires have been able to deliver high quality music and are likely the only act from Europe, who are able to do so constantly on the country / country-pop sector. Cut Me Loose is a great opener – and it would also be a Nashville smasher, if the duo would be US-American. Great modern country music sound. 2. Sparks Fly For My Universe: "Chart Archive > 07 October 2016 – 13 October 2016". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016 . Retrieved 7 October 2016.They were invited to the C2C: Country to Country 2014 Festival and performed at The Town Square Pop Stage on 16 March 2014 outside the London O2 arena. [8] Their first single "Nashville Grey Skies" was released on 4 April 2014 and received its first airplay on the Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 Country show on 3 April 2014. It was added to the BBC Radio 2 "B" Playlist for the week commencing 3 May 2014 and climbed to the "A" playlist the following week. [9] [10] [11] The song was written by Earle before visiting Music City which is a song about hope with a pipe dream of building, and the UK having, a country music capital of its very own. [12] It takes the musicality influences from America whilst maintaining a Britishness with the song writing. It contains facetious lines such as "Well they say it's way too cold for cut-off jeans and they won't be drinking moonshine but G & T's" and "We can build our own Nashville under these grey skies". The Shires first broke through in 2014 with their single ‘Nashville Grey Skies’, a playful song about Britain needing its own country scene. And that’s something which they helped happen, starting with their 2015 debut ‘Brave’, which became the first ever Top 10 album by a UK country music artist. That success continued with a succession of hit albums: 2016’s ‘My Universe’, 2018’s ‘Accidentally On Purpose’ and 2020’s ‘Good Years’. Bringing wild west country instrumentation to the fore, but still peaking with a classy, transatlantic Fleetwood Mac chorus, it echoes how The Wandering Hearts have successfully married timeless rootsy textures and infectious earworm melodies to create a sound that won’t be dated to any particular scene or era. One tune, “Wild Hearts”, has a preposterous stadium kitsch, an enjoyably catchy anthem with an ironic singalong vibe akin to 1980s Bon Jovi monsters, or maybe Lady Gaga at her most outré. But that’s your lot. The rest is squeaky clean, earnest, super-produced, X Factor-ish suburbia music to be filed next to Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits and brought out when the divorce case looms after Geoff runs off with Dawn from Accounts. Earle says, “We love the Coldplay/‘Greatest Showman’ vibes on this! it’s not trying to be clever, it’s just really uplifting and big and positive. It’s another one that has arena vibes – I can picture us being up there on a massive stage with everyone singing along.”

The Shires are the UK’s biggest country music export. Their achievements speak for themselves: three consecutive UK Top 3 albums, four #1 UK Country albums, 100 million+ streams, two Gold-certified records, and countless sold-out headline shows, including filling the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Now The Shires announce the release of their soul-stirring new album ‘10 Year Plan’ out on 11th March 2022. Forever Tonight comes with an R&B-alike groove, but still has a country-pop sound. This leads to a very interesting blend. Finally, this leads to more focus on this song than it deserves on this album. 12. Peggy I’m Sorry For Greatest Hits: "Chart Archive > 13 March 2020 – 19 March 2020". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021 . Retrieved 14 March 2020. Stassen, Murray (9 March 2015). "The Shires become first UK country act to reach Albums Chart Top 10". Music Week. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015 . Retrieved 9 March 2015. They hail from the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire in England. " Shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county in the United Kingdom. The duo took the band name to maintain a British identity and take a small part of Britain to the United States. After playing hardly half a dozen shows together, The Shires caught the attention of Decca Records, who signed them in the United Kingdom, and they secured a contract with American record label Universal Music Group Nashville, thus becoming the first English country act to be signed to a major Nashville label. [3] [4] [5] They were also the first UK country act to have a top ten album and the first to receive an award from the American Country Music Association.

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In 2017 their new single "Daddy's Little Girl" was released, joining BBC Radio 2's playlist. It is about Rhodes's late father; the video features footage of her and her dad. [21] On 9 March 2017, The Shires were presented with their first CMA Award by Kristian Bush during the songwriters event at the C2C: Country to Country festival. [22] 2018–2020: Accidentally on Purpose [ edit ] As part of BBC Radio 2's coverage of a festival, the Shires were included as a segment in a documentary titled " Nashville UK", which assessed country music's standing in the UK and, as one of its promising artists, their determination to export their British country roots to their American counterparts. [6] The Shires have composed songs with hit Nashville songwriter Steve Mcewan (Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood) and Play Productions an accomplished Swedish writing and production company, who comprise Tim Larsson, Johan Fransson and Tobias Lundgren, who have worked with Rascal Flatts and Celine Dion. [4] [7] 2014–2015: Brave [ edit ] The Shires New Single Echo". Yourlifeinasong.com. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018 . Retrieved 8 December 2018.