I heard this on 6 Music the other day when I was off work and feeling poorly and I thought I should share it with you.
If you are a fan of Half Man Half Biscuit, and who isn't, this may well appeal to you.
The Humdrum Express is Ian Passey from downtown Kidderminster.
This song is available free on Bandcamp and he also has a number of tracks available to download on Soundcloud.
This song namechecks Sam Smith and TV Smith only one of whom features on the shelves.
The Humbrum Express - Leopard Print Onesie
The Adverts - No Time To Be 21
Very well observed lyrics - excellent stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhich Sam Smith album is on your shelves? Or are you going to claim it's a Mrs CC album?
ReplyDeleteNot sure whether either of us has knowingly ever heard a Sam Smith song
DeleteThis is brilliant, thanks for posting. All so familiar and when distilled into 4 minutes, doesn't it all seem even more ridiculous and ultimately futile...?! What a strange world.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite Adverts songs too.
Side by side these two highlight (to a degree that makes me slightly giddy!) the gulf between then and now.
Just read your post again and had meant to say earlier, sorry to hear that you were poorly and hope you feel better now!
DeleteI'm on the mend thanks C
DeleteNever let it be said that blogging is killing music.
ReplyDeleteI just bought his latest album on the back of this post, and was happy to discover he's got a few more I'll be adding to my collection soon.
Brilliant stuff. One new and one of my favourites from times long gone by. Keep your head up, mate-
ReplyDeleteNew to me. The list of philosophers and brainy folk in the early part of the song made me laugh out loud!
ReplyDeleteThis is very good.