'Recordings' Category
Black Christmas
A Christmas carol, in the middle of May?
The recording of “Velocity Girl” last night put me in mind of this catchy little seasonal offering that I recorded towards the end of 2006, as a private release for distribution to friends and colleagues in place of Christmas cards. Given that I was in the final [...]Cover – Velocity Girl
If there’s one song that sums up the C86 jangly guitar sound for me it’s Primal Scream’s “Velocity Girl”. It’s sad, then, that the Scream disavow their pre-Screamadelica discography now as though they’re embarrassing teenage diary entries.
They are, of course, perfect pop.
Armed with an array of distortion pedals of different shapes and sizes, I [...]A Place In Space – compilation
A Place in Space, featuring the track Will Beckett’s March (reprise) from Mother’s Thinking Bath is now available on InvisibleGirl records.
The album’s press release reads:
A compilation of original artists from around the planet.
This global release has been made available on the winter solstice
(21 December 2008)
Music, culture, sounds and experiences express this diverse collection of [...]The Elf Princess
This song’s a couple of years old now, and was played frequently by my former group. When I wrote it, it was arranged for acoustic guitar, fiddle and mandolin, but I thought it was high time for it to rise phoenix-like from the ashes and change shape somewhat. So, gone are the nice lilting rhythms [...]
Sam Hall
Finally, I’ve got round to starting to record again. Out came the electric guitars, the trusty Roland synth (for drum duties only) and the terrifying Danelectro “French Toast” distortion pedal, which is an engineering marvel. It seems particularly good for producing a really rough fuzz bass sound.
So, here’s a very rough electric version of Sam [...]Will Beckett’s March (reprise) on forthcoming compilation
A Place In Space, the new compilation from Invisiblegirl Records features Will Beckett’s March (reprise) from the album Mother’s Thinking Bath.
The album will be an iTunes release; here’s a trailer featuring all the artists.Something I Can’t Have
I was reminded of this song while learning the traditional song Pretty Saro the other night, and it just goes to show that whether you’re a feedback-laden guitar group from Scotland or a singer in the Appalachian mountains, you still share the same concerns.
“Something I Can’t Have” is possibly my favourite Jesus And Mary Chain [...]I Can’t Find Brummagem
As heard previously on Brumcast!
As this recording is now out and about “in the wild” I thought it time I put it up on here too. As I mentioned before in the previous plug for Brumcast, there’s some blurb about the song in this post. I’ve edited out the mildly incomprehensible verse I wrote about [...]
Debut album now available!
The debut album, on Swainsthorpe Records, is now available to buy. Go to the “Buy CDs” page to hear samples and order your copy now!
Download – Head For The Country
Who said folk songs had to be quiet, anyway?
This is a song I wrote a couple of years ago, which, now that the Telecaster has been dusted off, I thought I’d revisit with guitars turned up to 11. I normally play this song on concertina, but this version is just electric guitars, a drum loop, [...]