Stomach was swirling 'cos I felt
sorry for taking that coat in the first place
drove to Khandallah to give it back
to my friend's mum
and oh, now she lives alone
with a dog and two cats
and a faded but still lurking depression
Her daughter, the one who is just as strong
but hasn't noticed the sun it still shining
We shared in a few tears
I hope in a few years she better
just like my sister
My sister who paints
places, people and signs
and lives with a dying but still lurking anxiety
Waft of chlorine smell hit me
as I wound my window down
and it threw me back into my childhood
where I learnt not to drown
and I realised how little I've been living recently
I've just been sitting in my comfortable
grey, soft-lined routine
Stopped at the duck park to take a call
put the kettle on, Honey, I'm coming home
3 months away and you're still upstairs
climbing that mountain of misunderstood ideas
and it's so tall
and we don't want you to fall
Intimate and unique. This album plays well with a bottle of Syrah crunched up in your finest pair of headphones with candles lit in a steamy bubble bath. sig
The fave song title has to be a pun on the Canadian national anthem and yes I'm late to this party :) Liked the light touch to the extra strings and horns. Just enough to add colour and swing. Jason Kemp
Killer tunes from teen indie rocker Ollie Cook, who has an ear for a smart riff and an eye for sharply imagistic observation. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2022
This album is a two car garage rolling through suburbia on skateboard wheels. Sonically it transports me back to my 00s baseball wallpaper, my red oval boombox, and watching mtv unplugged sessions. sig