YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON ME FOR LATE REVIEWS (Part 1)

One thing I rarely do is review current LPs.  That way, I rarely feature newish songs that bands/singers are hoping folk will go out and buy, digitally or in physical form on vinyl/CD, to help them earn an honest crust.  I'd rather wait a couple of years and perhaps re-stir some interest in the release or perhaps draw attention to something that might have passed TVV readers by.

And that is what this latest occasional series is going to be all about.....

Back in June 2009, a very fine self-titled debut by Lord Cut-Glass was released on Chemikal Underground records which are of course based right here in Glasgow.  Lord Cut-Glass is none other than Alun Woodward, formerly one-part of the very fine combo The Delgados who were, and remain, hugely popular among the indie-scene cognoscenti. 

Having watched fellow-Delgado Emma Pollock release solo records to a fair amount of critical release, many fans were realy eager to hear what Alun would come up with.  It was known he was going to call himself Lord Cut-Glass (from a character in the play Under Milk Wood) thanks to a song apearing on the 2007 LP Ballad Of The Books in which various Scottish musicians and writers/poets combined to produce songs.  Alun worked with Alisdair Gray who, in addition to being a novelist, is also a famed illustrator and painter to bring us this:-

mp3 : Lord Cut-Glass & Alisdair Gray - A Sentimental Song

All rather nice in a fol/pop sort of fashion and it whetted the appetite for more.  But it was to be another two years before anything else was heard, and it was a fabulous and quirky single with a very fine b-side:-



mp3 : Lord Cut-Glass - Over It

It was just a week later that the debut LP was made available.

It's not a substantial body of work with its 11 tracks extending to just over 37 minutes.  It's also rather different from what his old band had produced....acoustic in nature with a fair bit of strings, brass and piano. It's also an album that changes tempo a fair few times and still manages to ensure every song has a hook that ensures you will be singing or humming along forever more.

Here's a couple of examples:-

mp3 : Lord Cut-Glass - Monster Face
mp3 : Lord Cut-Glass - Big Time Teddy

It is an album well worth shelling out on if you havent done so already.  It's available at bargain prices right here.

And here's a wee live clip to enjoy with Aidan Moffat on drums:-




Happy Listening and viewing.