Cherry Ghost are a band from Manchester, England. Cherry Ghost began in 2005, first as an alias for Simon Aldred as a solo artist, before morphing into a full band. Their debut album, Thirst for Romance, was released in July 2007 and entered the UK Album Charts at No. 7. It was nominated for an Ivor Novello award as well as winning Aldred an Ivor Novello for best song 'People Help the People'. A second album, entitled Beneath This Burning Shoreline, was released in July 2010 to universally positive critical acclaim. Founding member Simon Aldred, under the moniker Out Cold, released a solo album entitled Invasion of Love in September 2013, featuring a markedly synthpop sound. In May 2014, Cherry Ghost released their third album Herd Runners. Aldred now writes with and for other artists having co-written 'Leave Your Lover' with Sam Smith for multi million selling Grammy winner 'In the Lonely Hour' as well as co-writing Avicii single 'Waiting for Love' amongst many others.