Cruel World is the follow up to the successful debut album 'Hard Road', which received support from Paul Jones at BBC Radio 2 and was playlisted on the U.S Blues Radio Network. Mick returns with 11 tracks of soaring blues guitar, driving rock anthems and emotional ballads. Including guest vocal appearences by the spellbinding jazz/soul diva, Malaya, and long term producer & writing partner, Andy Littlewood. The album features a wide range of blues and rock styles influenced by artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, BB King, Robert Johnson and Jimi Hendrix, there's also a passionate cover version of the old Willie Dixon classic 'You Know My Love'.