Inspiration is a gossamer thing. Honing and recording it is hard graft. Consequently it’s very rarely that an artist’s recorded work breathes and exhales the fresh air and exuberance that inspired it.
“Recorded in situ”, Thee Faction’s first ever official release, At Ebbw Vale was possibly recorded at an NUM benefit in Ebbw Vale in 1985.
The first word that comes to mind when Wake The President take the stage is economy.
Something is amiss. Call the cops: “Uh, we located the body of the song, and then a split second later we’re gazing at a chalkmark on the sidewalk where the body used to be. So it goes.”
An off-kilter sunbeam has landed on the old record player – the one that still plays 16 Revolutions per minute.
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