Records which remind you of times when you were unnhappy sound richer with the years as you distance yourself from the person you were when you heard them. I bought Beth Ordon's Trailer Park on CD when it came out and I was terribly unhappy. Recovering from an unhappy break up and lacking direction. A year on the dole in a cool flat in Hove. The tennant before me was how should we call it a 'call girl' Her clients used to call me late at night and were somewhat surprised to hear my voice.
And all the time I played Trailer Park. It's an incredibly rich recorrd. Deeply rooted and pained. About the nature of relationships, how we come together and drift apart in our youth seeking permanent connection. How the permanent connection we find can often be illusory.
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