2023 Charity Shop Purchases #60 - A Mao Disney 45 from Glasgow
I've just got around to listening to the third single I bought a few weeks back alongside Julian Cope and The Fun Boy Three
It looked an intersting find. From 2013 and on the We Can Still Picnic label it is a double A 45.
The A Side says Bill Drummond which was my primary reason for buying it. However it turns out that Bill Drummond is actually the name of the song with the band Wake the President being the artist. It seems that they were a Glasgow band formed in 2003 by brothers Bjorn and Erik Sandberg in 2003 and disbanding amicably (depending on which twin you ask) in 2012. One for Rol to maybe store away for his Celebrity Jukebox series.
Having ascertained the order in which the band and song appear on the sleeve I worked out that the AA side was by the band Casual Sex with a song called North. Somewhat apprehensively I googled them remembering to include the word Band. They are a band that I have vaguely heard of but not heard anything by.. They have built up a reasonable discography and have been described by the Scotsman as one of the most exciting bands in Glasgow right now and by the Guardian as maybe the best Scottish indie band since Franz Ferdinand. LNFG are planning to release their complete works next year. On the basis of this song I won't be rushing to buy it.
This one will probably be going back
Maybe you should burn it in a field in the spirit of Mr Drummond
ReplyDeleteNow that's an idea!
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