Finally finished the solo album a few weeks ago and the finished master with some little changes was done at the weekend. It will be released in October on Freaksville records and here's a track by track guide :
ED BISHOP: An instrumental opener in honour of the platinum-haired actor who portrayed Ed Straker in the cult Gerry Anderson show ‘U.F.O.’ Ed fought alien invaders from a secret nerve centre beneath a film studios, surrounded himself with catsuit-clad space vixens and drove a De Lorean before they existed. He also smoked and drank like a space-age Richard Harris. This eerie tune encapsulates 70s kids’ TV weirdness in all its demented glory.
POP IDOL: A cautionary torch song tale of TV talent show desperation. A scabrous vitriolic attack on today’s wannabee instant fame culture delivered in a velvet-gloved cabaret croon. Susan Boyle meets Kurt Cobain in ITV hell.
PUNK’S NOT DEAD: A Glitter Band electro stomp, reminiscent of early Human League, putting the boot into shallow capitalist culture, designer labels and the slow eradication of individualism.
DAVID BOWIE HAD A DISCOTHEQUE: An instant disco dancefloor classic, documenting Bowie’s uber-cool club, staffed entirely by pop celebrities. A cheeky nod to Ottowan’s ‘D.I.S.C.O’, the Trammps’ ‘Disco Inferno’ and Georgio Moroder’s ‘I Feel Love’. Featuring Clairvoyant on lead vocal.
V.I.P.: A swipe at the heady seductive atmosphere lurking behind the all-areas-pass. Where being very important can be yours… at a price. So rub shoulders with the band and cast disparaging looks at the oiks below in the regular seats, while sipping Moet & Chandon from crystal flutes.Just don’t forget your wristband.
SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES: Bob Dylan’s classic tune of drug-raid paranoia, re-tooled by the replicants from ‘Blade Runner’ and put in a blender with Sonic the Hedgehog, and Devo played at twice the speed. Johnny’s in the basement,eating Soylent Green…
GAME OVER: Android gets serious with a sombre view of the dystopian future that the powers that be seem determined to usher in, with or without our consent. A wake-up call for the media-drugged masses before we’re all bar-coded, neutered and monitored 24/7 by a Big Brother state so insidious that death will be an escape and freedom a distant memory. I’m not shitting you, and I can’t stop it on my own, so switch off ‘Britain’s got Talent’ and switch on your survival instincts.
WE LOVE DRUGS: Don’t we just. Whether we revel in their legality while it lasts, or pour scorn and condemnation on those who choose the ones that have fallen out of favour, altered consciousness is not going away. Your legally elected moral representative, through the current governmental system is probably high as a kite in a back room somewhere, laughing at us as we speak; if he can. The hypocrisy is laughable at best, so enjoy this bad trip tune exploring the dark side of psychic surfing. It was a lot of fun to put this side to music. On the next album I’m going to explore the positive side, unless they jail me first.
IT’S JUST A RIDE: And at the end of it all it’s just a ride isn’t it? Bill Hicks summed it all up succinctly. It’s just a ride. Powerful people are putting all their lifes’ energies into ruining yours. Dickheads. They will die as surely as we will and their only legacy will be mass-induced misery. Knobheads. Fuck them and enjoy the ride with your family and friends. A euphoric two-fingers instrumental with a smile to close the album.
Feedback has been positive from the PUNK'S NOT DEAD radio edit, less so from Belgian radio stations who are reluctant to play it, but this we expected. Nonetheless we continue to push and cajole contacts in mediaworld.
(Surburban Robot will be re-released in October 2014)
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