Decca has been infamous for more than 40 years as the
company that rejected the Beatles. Perhaps, in 40
years time, EMI will be similarly infamous as the
company that rejected Phil Campbell twice. Or, more
accurately, the company that signed Campbell, then let
him go, then signed him again, then let him go again.
Of course, this depends on people in the 2040s
remembering what a record label was, and on Campbell
getting much more famous. The first seems unlikely,
but the second is a better bet.
Campbell's music will be adored by the Later/Jonathan
Ross audience, who like proper songs sung by proper
singers. He is a gifted songwriter and his work is
consistently sing-alongable.
After the Garden contains two hits-in-waiting: the
slow, brooding, David Grayish Cold Engines and the
sublime, self-deprecating, upbeat love song Maps (How
I Feel About You): "She could live in a wonderland,
but still she hangs around with me." The Times.
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