We've created a vivid picture of life in crumbling but resilient Northern towns and form snapshots of the attitudes and feelings of those who inhabit them. We've complimented this with a melody which animates those words and, combined, sit comfortably in the brain like the best songs always do. Instantly memorable, warm, comforting, celebratory, classic, poetic; this song epitomises living the northern life in all its tarnished glory and the drudge of working life, day in, day out.

Claire Unwin 2