. . . .. (must have missed this fine fine song from one of my favourite bands!) I MISS THEM!
The audio you hear in this video was taken live directly off the 1980s Revox reel to reel cassette you see in the video.
No children were harmed in the making of this video(!). Video editing and camera by Thomas Eagle.
Back to the Start is taken from the second Wilful Missing album, Unsinkable Sailor.
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Sam the guitarist (well multi-instrumentalist really) from fave rave band Wilful Missing from that there Yorkshire has made a Long Player
you could do worse than try it, you could do worse than buy it, give him a tenner and tell him I sent you, he isn't even asking for THAT much, cheap as chips in Leeds, its on Bandcamp he calls himself Punky Muzzle which made me laugh like a drain . . . . . . . . . clever boy he is!
Can't quite believe it has been two years since the release of Wilful Missing's second album 'Unsinkable Sailor'. It blew me away (like all their work) when I first bought it upon its release in April 2016 and I never gave it a fair review on here. It is more mature somehow and reflects so many increasingly clever aspects of their intelligence both lyrically and musically. I really do think they deserved more broad a following and appreciation If you are doubtful check out this opening track from the album 'Hunger' . . . . . . . Here they excel and singer songwriter Sam Kipling shows his acerbic and witty talent at its best
Parental warning
Explicit lyrics
three of my favourite tracks and I fail to see how these guys didn't get a bigger audience with this stuff . . . it is excellent!
Monday, July 02, 2018
Summer sounds . . . . . . . . check out one of my favourite bands . . . . . Wilful Missing. . . . . LIVE! what with guitar and drum solos and EVERYTHING! Frozen Thumbs
available here . . . Love these guys and especially the writing, vocal and instruments . . . . (er, ? ED) they deserve greater success and no mistake.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
TV MEWSIC!
Reflecting that I come across quite a lot of music via background or theme music for tv programmes caused me to think back . . . . . . The advertisement on the Beeb for their new series 'Close To The Enemy' which I haven't seen yet has a clip from the Icelandic band Kaleo and in researching it find it has been used all over the place on adverts and US tv programmes too. Overkill? How did they make the decision to sell it's performance across the globe. Does it work that it is used multiple time? I discovered a lot of really fine fine music and ended up following some for ever. Emily Barker and her theme for the Wallender series with Ken Branagh had me ending up following her and buying albums and keeping up with everything she does. The really biggest event for me was finding Wilful Missing via 'Waterloo Road' (I know!?) now this is interesting as I don't know who was responsible for this but (for me and my taste) this was exptraordinary. I wouldn't have followed Waterloo Road much but found it on and suddenly sat up at the song used (Constitution Failed) and have followed them and bought all their stuff ever since. Waterloo Road used four Wilful Missing tracks and this of course made me check the programme out again despite not caring for it too much the music and soundtrack caused me to return.Their track ‘DIY’ was usedin episode 2 of series 7, and both‘Cry For The City’ and ‘Constitution Failed’ featuredin episode 12 of the same series, then their ‘Blue Poetry’ was included as the final song in episode 13. Someone on the production team was obviously a fan
Kaleo - Way Down We Go
the version on the tele . . . used for the new crime thriller 'Close To The Enemy' but has been used a heck of a lot on 'Orange is The New Black' in the USA and adverts for hair products too. . . . . Google reports "Multiple television placements including Orange is the New Black, Blindspot, Suits, Vinyl, Grey's Anatomy, Empire, The Leftovers, Frequency, Frontier and more"
Lead singer has an astonishing voice blues growl for one so young and handsome, he sounds almost like some Southern Blues grower about 55 years old but it's a nice track I reckon
I think I found the work of Emily McGuire this way too though can't quite track her song 'Start Over Again' back yet but highly recommend checking her out too. She's on her fifth album . . . . . .
Another is the wonderful Stephen Fretwell who's song 'Run' was used as the theme for all the Gavin and Stacey comedy series so more people than just me must have searched him out (I hope) doesn't seem to have been THAT prolific but has done some wonderful stuff . . . . . . .
I can go back earlier too. Being a fan of the fantastic series 'The Sopranos' and everything about it, the cast especially and the writing but also the soundtrack and especially the theme, imagine my shock to discover the band behind the theme 'Woke Up This Morning' as a British band based and formed in Brixton London..... Alabama 3 for me have never quite matched up to the promise of this single but it ensured I did keep an eye on them ever since hearing the theme song over and over every week. Another of my early TV theme favourites was 'Early Doors' TV comedy which used the wonderful Roddy Frame song 'Small World' which I knew before but the principle still stands I reckon . . . . . hearing it every week made me sit up and smile and I ended up following Roddy even more and buying his albums including live performances from him direct
It works and this strikes me as a 21st Century device . . . . . gone are the days when we just watched Top of The Pops and found American bands like The Lovin' Spoonful or home spun acts like Dusty Springfield here we merely turn on the TV and find Icelandic bands taking over the airwaves
Unsinkable Sailor, our new album, is out on 22 April. Preorder it now. unsinkable-sailor
BIRD WATCHING UPDATE - now lots of you [who ARE you talking to?! ED] know I am a birder , not I repeat NOT a TWITCHER! A birder, that is someone who really enjoys birds amongst the wildlife flora and fauna of our fair land. I am especially fond of the little creatures in my tiny and I MEAN tiny back garden. With a little help from the hard work of my wife who has constructed wild areas of logs and twigs and regularly hanging feeders of fat and seeds we have had am extraordinary range of birdlife visit. Here are two notebook updates largely about Spring and the resurgence of wildlife and mating behaviours . . . . . . . . you have been warned it's steamy stuff!
Sat 26th March
Again the dunnocks on the back lawn mating at exactly the
same time of day as last time I caught them, er I mean chanced across them!
Exactly the same place! I wish I could film it or photograph but it is so
delicate and they are so quick. So funny and delightful!
The female emerged from the little ground cover bush (do
they live it in?) and then after a few minutes she was joined by the male (me
having thought well it won't happen again - not for a third time!) and then I
thought she is about to make her dance and hey presto the male appears and
goes through his little routine too. This time they were facing North and I
could see more detail n the female which I will spare a description here,
remarkably graphic in some ways and he took about 5 minutes maybe slightly less
and I thought she was going to give up but then resumed her fervour and up he
stepped and a split second and he's done. She flies off to a branch and he
disappeared momentarily back into the bush she looking somewhat disheartened (I
know I shouldn't anthropomorphise but it is irresistible!) and stayed on her
branch for a while and he has resurfaced and is hopping around the plants pots
. . . . .amazing, same time same place, will retry to set camera ready next time
Sunday 20th and gain on the 19th March
I noticed this one 11.00am
"Had a pair of Dunnocks mating in the back garden just
now, earlier . . .the MOST beautiful
thing, ornate extraordinary behaviour, she, shaking her tail feathers, head
dipping down and hopping into different positions like three points of the
compass and he hopping to follow her 'dance' in sequence, a wonderful and
timeless dance and then up he hopped onto her, “treading" doesn't cover
it, the blink of an eye and the job was done . . .! . . . Hilariously quick
('twas always thus . . .chaps please note ha ha ha!) literally the blink of an
eye and he was gone. . Hopped off! . . .Split second . . . . She stood and as
if in shock for a little second, SO funny and they then spent the rest of the
afternoon as dusk is falling just hopping around our flower pots . . . . Truly a
wonderment and thing of astonishing beauty,
a sheer delight . . . . . . .
Four long years have passed since Molehills out of Mountains, but our new album Unsinkable Sailor is finally here. The album will be released on 22 April on CD and as a download. You can pre-order it now and get an instant download of the opening song, Hunger.
Unsinkable Sailor encompasses songs which are brand new, as old as the hills, and everything in between. Inspired in no small part by amazing women and the endurance of hope against all odds, we proudly (but with a generous splash of trepidation) present this new album to you.
Regular visitors (who are THEY then?ED.) will know I am a big fan of Wilful Missing and have collected pretty much all the music but they have been working on a new album which is announced as being out on 22 April after tantalisingly being referred as being out before Christmas and there being gigs to support it, they have finally released it out into the wild. (!)
