Uk based acoustic guitarist Jon Gomm, has shared the video for his latest single ‘The Ghost Inside You’ taken from his recent album ‘The Faintest Idea’ out now via Kscope.
Jon has collaborated with The Samsara Collective for this video. Set in the Niamos Radical Arts Theatre, Manchester. The instrumental video also features the new JGM10 guitar Gomm has developed with Ibanez Guitars, the first ever acoustic guitarist to develop a signature model with them.
“To have been on this adventure with my childhood dream guitar company, to design a guitar perfect for modern fingerstyle guitar playing… I do not deserve it.”
Ghostly synths float in the background but it’s what the man does with his fingers that takes centre stage. From double finger tapping to percussive playing with the guitar body there’s no denying Gomm’s skill as a player but that would miss the point. He uses all that skill to create emotively powerful music. The ghost inside you starts delicate and light but Gomm brings in some emotional weight as the track develops. The notes build until full on strumming takes over and the synths fly high over the guitar. Beautiful.
Check it out, here
Find out more about Gomm via his Website or Facebook
The Faintest Idea is out now
CD, double LP, digital and a limited edition deluxe 3 disc hardback book edition which will feature –
CD1 – The Faintest Idea album,
CD 2 – The Naked Artist Mix – a stripped back version of the album; a DVD containing 6 exclusive performances filmed in a medieval church, guitar technique presentations, a 35 minute Jon Gomm interview, song description videos and The Faintest Idea in high resolution stereo audio. The beautiful book features Lee Zimmerman illustrations, song descriptions, hand written lyrics and full track tablature for the song “Check You’re Still Breathing”.
Jon’s reaction to the deluxe edition can be see in this latest unboxing video here.
Jon will also go on tour later this year in October and November
Faintest Idea UK/Eire Tour
Oct 2021
1 – Dublin, Academy 2
8 – Haverhill, Arts Centre
9 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
10 – York, Crescent
15 – Trowbridge, Emmanuel’s Yard
16 – Swansea, Sin City
17 – Cardiff, The Globe
21 – Bristol, Thekla
22 – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
23 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
29 – Huddersfield, The Parish pub
30 – Glasgow, Oran Mor
31 – Newcastle, Cluny
Nov 2021
4 – Liverpool, The Leaf Café
5 – Blackpool, Bootleg Social
6 – Preston, The Ferret
13 – Guildford, Boileroom
14 – Southampton, Joiners
15 – Brighton, Komedia
27 – London, Bush Hall
Dec 2021
4 – Manchester, The Bread Shed
5 – Leeds, Brudenell Social
16 – Runcorn, Brindley Theatre
