I love Mull Historical Society. They, or rather Colin Macintyre and the musicians he gathered around him were a breath of fresh air when they first appeared at the turn of the millenium and started churning out wonderful records on Rough Trade. My brother in law had a hand in the design of their terrific records covers. Loss is a good a place to start as any in an appreciation of Macintyre's madcap but treasurable vision.
'the thing that makes the best first albums truly wonderful is that feeling that every great lyric, every great thought that's ever slipped through the composer's field of thought in his life are represented there on that first record. The debyt album is a filter and a mission statement of the writer's accumulated brilliance- so far. Imagine then, if you will, that your inspiration and observations have been gleaned from a remote-ish isle of the Western Highlands if Scotland
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