Track Listing
1. Soft Targets
2. A Twist in the Sand
3. Whole Lotta Nothing
4. Afflicted
5. Bongo Bash
6. Eventide
7. Behind You, Beside You
8. The Clock Keeps Ticking MP3
9. Sun in the Rain
There are very few redeeming features on this one. The playing is not too bad but it is the lyrics and vocals that I am not happy with. The one track I still enjoy is “A Twist in the Sand” which sees me improvising and overdubbing an instrumental with my 12-string and 6-string acoustic guitars. It is sloppy in places but for something recorded with a crappy £20 microphone in the front room of 115 Scotts Road, it is atmospheric in places.
The other stand out track for me is “The Clock Keeps Ticking” which contains the best lyrics I’ve ever written. It is more of a poem than a song and I still am not totally sure where it all came from, the words just poured out onto the page. I know that there are a couple of references to TS Eliot’s work and I was trying to encapsulate the masculine angst of several archetypal characters. Pretentious stuff! 😀

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