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//Exilophone Records//
£34.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Clear Red & Clear Vinyl
A nostalgic glance back, delivered with fresh perspective.
Brimming with wit, ambition and unmistakable My Life Story flair, the brit-pop band’s third album features the singles, It’s a Girl Thing, Empire Line and Walk/Don’t Walk, plus the groundbreaking world’s first downloadable single, If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?.
Self-produced with programming wiz, Pete Gleadall, at Parkgate Studios in 1999, the album has the feel of a millennium time capsule. References to Monica Lewinsky, Tamagotchis, Pret A Manger, the dot-com boom, and even megabytes of storage reflect the everyday vocabulary of the turn of the century with Shillingford’s typically irreverent style.
Across album tracks like “The New New Yorker”, Shillingford stitches together topical newspaper headlines into surreal narratives, while “I Don’t Believe in Love” — originally written when Shillingford was 17 — reveals the band’s roots in classic songwriting traditions.
Tracklisting:
Side A (Joined Up Talking Remastered)
Empire Line
If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?
It’s A Girl Thing
Sunday Tongue
Yes To Everything
Walk/Don’t Walk Vinyl
Side B (Joined Up Talking Remastered)
There’s Nothing For Nobody And Everybody Wants To Be Someone
The New New Yorker
Neverland
Stalemate
I Don’t Believe In Love
Two Stars Vinyl
Side C (B Sides)
Cherries
Holy Deadlock
Emerald Green Blah Blah Blah
My Sweet Little Death
The History of the World On Ice
I’m a Statistic
Sleep Vinyl
Side D (B Sides)
Florence’s Theme
Self-Defence Mechanism
Paint It Emerald Green
It’s a Boy Thing
E.G.M.C.M.X.C.I.X
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