It’s arrived!

Going to have to be damn good to live up to ‘Hedge’, but I’m optimistic.

I’ll forgive the double yellows if Cliviger gets a mention.

Track listing:

I’m Getting Buried In The Morning
Rogation Sunday’s Here Again!
Awkward Sean
Tess Of The Dormobiles
Grafting Haddock In The George
Big Man Up Front
When I Look At My Baby
Beneath This Broken Headstone
In A Suffolk Ditch
Persian Rug Sale At The URC
Midnight Mass Murder
Token Covid Song
Slipping The Escort
Oblong Of Dreams

Getting over ‘flu, so that’s this afternoon sorted then.

I can’t remember if I ordered a copy or not. Probably not! I think I planned to wait until it came out.

Any good then?

I’m saving it for after ‘Any Answers?’ to cheer myself up. 🙂

I think it’s already on Spotify if you need a fix…

Bloody hell, it’s marvellous.

Definitely a game of two halves, Nige’s melancholy side is out in full force on a couple of tracks.
I think ‘Slipping The Escort’ might just be a classic.
Bit dusty in here…..

The days she feared are here
The easy years are gone
His ‘best before’ draws near
And warning lights are on
Effort is tiring
But then again
Just for enquiring
She’ll get a free Parker pen

The surgery leaflets
Offer advice
But there’s no preparation
For losing him twice
And now he’s washed and dressed and ready
To keep him safe she’ll face the hurt
And if she could hold that needle steady
She could sew his name into his shirt

Apart, adrift, alone
Afraid of what’s ahead
She’ll be the evil nurse
And he’ll be underfed
Conduct report
Bound to be mixed
“Lashed out during bingo”
“Said the quiz night was fixed”
Occasional sunshine
Where clarity reigns
And memories are mutual
And we’re back in the lanes

Jeanette MacDonald had Nelson Eddy
And Bobby Darin had ‘Mack the Knife’
And she had him to hold her steady
Ah sweet mystery of life

At last I’ve found you!

Thirty Airbus
Thirty Airbus
Giving it the big ‘un in the Town End seats
Thirty Airbus
Thirty Airbus
Giving it the big ‘un in the Town End seats

*checks Apple Music downloads*

Oh yes, full album’s there, that’ll do for a listen after the pub tonight, then.

My copy came on Fri but haven’t had a chance to listen.

Ordered from Probe, listening now on Spotify. Good first impressions.

And there I am simultaneously reading the HMHB lyrics project site album discussion to see a RustySpanner there too. What a coincidence!

Looking forward to seeing them in concert hopefully this year so it’s on repeat today.

“It’s for the custard, dickhead”.

March 25th in Nottingham, I’ll be there.

Anyone else going? If so I’ll wear a carnation in my lapel for identification.