The Listening Club - 27th October 2019

Greetings from the un-united kingdom.

Yep, I'm back over in the UK doing the traditional selection of DIY and IT support for my mum, as you do. Seem to have developed a habit of visiting these shores just before another brexit deadline flutters off into the distance. Even managed a couple of pints in the pub that I purchased my very first ever beer (aged 15), which last night was oddly hosting a Pink Floyd tribute band, who weren't that bad, as long as they kept away from the complicated bits...

Oh yeah, don't forget THE CLOCKS HAVE GONE BACK. So we're on GMT again.

Last week, @zbendr was indie mood, with his selection of Beirut's 2019 opus "Gallipoli", which massaged the ears of the assembled to mostly positive effect. Thanks to Ben for the pick, and for flipping the frisb back across to London, where @SimonLandmine has this to say...

"As I retrieved the Frisbaton from where @zbendr ably threw it (and I fumbled my catch, volleying it through next door's greenhouse), I opened up my Listening Club Ideas.txt file. And remained thoroughly undecided about any of them.

So instead of anything that was actually on that list, you get this
instead, which has been in the CD player in my study for a while now, and has grown on me each time. For a change, it's not an act I've seen many times - in fact, I think this line-up only came together for a tour, and this, the associated live album. And, to be honest, I missed the tour. But the CD was for sale on the merch stand after a performance by another associated project, in the physical implementation of the "If you liked that, you might like this" marketing algorithm of certain companies. And I thought "Ooh, that looks interesting."

This one's not so much about the artists, although they're talented, and known in their field, but more about the songs - a mixture of original pieces and some well-known covers, written and selected with a central theme by the chap who brought the project together. I hope that you enjoy them, and I apologise for the lack of unsurprise metal guitars. Blame the weather, or something. Normal service may be resumed another time.

Drinking Club - probably a mug of tea, maybe out of a thermos, and almost certainly in mismatched mugs, probably in a converted church, or maybe one still functioning as such when it's not a music venue. Sorry the pews are a bit hard - we did suggest you brought a cushion*.
(* Yes, that is a call-out to one specific London venue, where 'VIP membership' means a cuppa and a cushion.)"

Okaydoke. Direct download is here, and the stream's below:


See you at 8pm GMT. No ifs or buts.