We all cope with hardship in different ways. Grief, stress, just feeling stuck for whatever reason. For Shane Greenhall it’s swimming that helps. For years, Those Damn Crows’ frontman has returned to the same local pool in Bridgend, South Wales, continuing during the pandemic when it was safe to do so.
Meanwhile he’d written a few songs, thinking about the nature of life and death. As always, his father – a talented country and blues singer, with whom Greenhall grew up harmonising – was a focus point. Eleven years ago he died of lung cancer. Directly or otherwise, he’s returned to Greenhall’s songs ever since.
