Aiden Grimshaw – review

Cargo, LondonIn the wake of the Olympics it seems wrong to bring up The X Factor. I'm not the first to note that a couple of weeks ago we were all rooting for refugees and being convivial with one another. Now it's business as usual, being vile to the emotionally vulnerable. The new series of XF began a week ago with lower viewing figures than usual, a return that coincides – perhaps not coincidentally – with the release of the debut album of Aiden Grimshaw, as close as The X Factor has pro...

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