Starbuck to the rescue and not for the first time. Like Blucher and the Prussian cavalry arriving late in the day at The Battle of Waterloo to turn the tide for the good guys, so long of course as you don't happen to be French.
I'll spare you the sorry details of my afternoon. Wind buffetting my Newcastle flat, a ludicrous online attempt to teach a low level Arab lady in a baseball cap named Munirah. Trust me you really don't need to know anymore. Anyhow I decided evenyually to give up the ghost on poor Munirah for the evening and cup an ear to Fortunato Durutti Marinetti's latest Bitter Sweet Sweet Bitter suggested.by Starbuck aka Darren Jones. And my day was saved..
I have history with Marinetti. Memory's Fool cracked the It Starts With a Birthstone Top Ten back in 2022 and I suspect Bitter Sweet Sweet Bitter may atain similar status come December 2025. This is a priceless record. The man has a rare gift and the fact that he's little known strikes me as a crime.
He's the bastard child of Len and Bob. Laid back Poetic wry, Like a vintage red you salvaged from a shipwreck before the wreckers arrive and things turned ugly. This is a rich and splendid record of the kind you want to listen through to in its entiirety and savour the grapes.. Nice work again Darren. I salute you.
My pleasure, Cap'n! It's a beauty, isn't it? I suspect you introduced me to him in the first place, but still... A hint of Destroyer to this, too, I think. I chose Call Me the Author as my song of the week on Twitter/BlueSky recently. It really hit the spot.
ReplyDeleteFrankly he's remarkable. Thanks for clueing me in that he had another out Darren . Rare.
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