This mini-album is the first release in several years from the eccentric solo artist whose live shows usually see him coaxing a member of the audience to play the part of the ‘Disco Robot’ by donning a cardboard, bacofoil-covered ‘head’.
If you’ve heard of Shirley Lee it’s most likely ‘An Old Cricketer (For John Peel)’, the single from this extensive double album and one which, in a way, characterises this release.
Four more tracks from the GLasgow folk troubadours, which see them employ sweeping strings and soaring brass to out-Mumford the Mumfords.
It’s easy to be sneery about a band who wear their influences so readily on their sleeves, and She’s Hit – who are named after a Birthday Party song, for goodness sake – are definitely not shy at hiding these.
Being a bit late to the game, the fact that this debut from Charlie Ward’s album shares its title with Talk Talk’s 80s debut has been already discussed
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