Ead Wood - Cash Mountain

Although a full-throttle rock and roll jam at heart, laced as usual with the band’s trademark alt-country influences, 'Cash Mountain' finds Soles juxtaposing life under late capitalism with the notorious story of British fraudster, Charles Ingram. As Soles states: “I heard that Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was originally called “Cash Mountain” and I thought it was such a great title, so great that after researching the Coughing Major scandal the chorus basically wrote itself. The verses were also inspired by Ingram’s line after his introduction, where he said “if he was to win any money he would like to buy his daughters a Pony”. It’s a classic story of hustle culture, fraud, deception of the nation and inevitable downfall that now feels par for the course today.” Recorded alongside producer, Ben Andrews, at Cavendish studios, ‘Cash Mountain’ is also emblematic of Soles’ more ambitious approach to the band’s new material. Originally tracked half a step down before speeding it up during mixing, the studio band improvised a variety of overdubs and harmonies on clarinet, 12 string guitar, whistle, banjo, pedal steel and piano. The result is a dense, but never overpowering arrangement that highlights Sole’s recent growth as both a songwriter and composer. With the Ead Wood project journeying ever deeper into alt-country experimentation, ‘Cash Mountain’ marks out Soles as a subtly original force in the UK independent scene, with plenty of charm and ideas still up their sleeve.