The Wildhearts

Hi there,

Just wanted to say this album is fantastic, have only just got hold of it and it's currently playing at the moment, and have to say it has something "different" about it, can't put my finger on it, its just "different" in a very good way.

Something "different" to lots of music that has been going around recently, music for me has lacked a lot of inspiration recently, but this is just greatt.

Love it keep up the good work ginger

And please come to Leedss to play, pretty please....

Cheers

I'm delighted that Ginge made this record - it really shows his strength of heart but I've not really gotten into it as an album, to be honest. It's just not grabbed me. Dunno why.

One thing it could be - the snare sound is appalling. Sounds like they triggered it so every hit sounds identical. Sounds utterly lifeless. Such a shame they didn't keep the real sound. That kind of thing makes such a difference in vibe.

I feel bad for whining so let me say - I'll still pre-order anything the man releases without a second of doubt.

Marc, why are you asking for a leeds gig. Bradford isn't far.
I'm travelling from whitehaven to see this gig which takes about 3 hours but I'm not asking for a gig up here. It pisses me off when people wont make the smallest of efforts to go to a gig.
I'm not trying to start an argument, its just one of them things that bothers me.

I've been surprised how mellow the majority of the album is, especially after the assault of the first song.

The 'Pants on Fire' bit at the end of one of the songs has been cracking me up.

Baby Chaos wrote:The 'Pants on Fire' bit at the end of one of the songs has been cracking me up.

Really? I think that spoils what is otherwise a really damn good song...

that bit always brings a smile to my face and makes me chuckle too

I love that bit too. Really brightens the mood and what is a fairly sombre song.

Glen666 wrote:I love that bit too. Really brightens the mood and what is a fairly sombre song.

I like that too - it's the little touches like that that make a song special - that sort of stuff usually gets editted out by producers but I think it really adds to the character of the album and puts Ginger's stamp on it. I like it when a little black humour is injected into an otherwise dark song - something Therapy? are very good at. Anyone who has seen any of Ginger's solo shows will know what a wicked sense of humour he has, but it hasn't really been heard that much in his output with the Wildhearts or SG5 and I welcome this on his latest work.

The thing that completely ruins the album for me is that there is just not enough cowbell.

Dairylea Roth wrote:The thing that completely ruins the album for me is that there is just not enough cowbell.

Yeah, but it has copious use of the very underrated Guiro on at least one track.

it does!!

And i love him for it!!

woooooooooo!