British singer/sonwriter Chris Ward and his alter ego Tropics continue to shape their adventurous idea of contemporary soul pop that takes traditional sounds and puts them into the hear and now. And that might also result in being inspired by a French movie soundtrack from the 1970s.
Patti Smith, the name comes with several images rushing into mind: the androgynous cheek-bony face with the fuzzy self-made Keith Richards hair cut, the raspy vocals, fierce punk rock tunes to gentle ballads, a rebel persona through and through.
