thesideproject.net — McManus captures the grinding decline of the steel towns of his youth, channeling the frustration of an abandoned and rusted over way of life into a story both visceral and lyrical. Set in the shadows of silent smokestacks, Cherry Smoke is a love poem written in scars and cigarettes ash. FEATURING Jessica London-Shields, Peter Oyloe, Emily Shain, and Dan Toot » view news