We subsist among beings, in a way with our breath suspended, waiting for the moment when it is revealed - in a kind of night that, falling within us, will take our presence to the last degree of intensity -

Subsistimos entre los seres, en cierto modo con la respiración en suspenso, en espera del momento en que se develará - en una especie de noche que, cayendo dentro de nosotros, llevará nuestra presencia al último grado de intensidad -

I was born in Salford in September 1965 but did the main part of my growing up in Manchester in the later 70’s and 80’s.  I had a band in Salford in the early 80’s with my mates John, Wayne and Chris.  We became quite popular in and around town and some of the stuff will appear here (thanks Chris) I’m also trying to reinvent some of those songs that I wrote because some of them were very good and I feel like it’s unfinished business.  I discovered GarageBand and I’m just learning how to use it. Even at 59 you’re never too old. I have been living in and around the the north west of Ireland since 1989, although I still have family in Salford.

Lein Sangster
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Lein Sangster is a singer/songwriter  their songs are beautifully crafted pop laments elegantly and simply constructed , woven with heartfelt passion that are both melancholic and celebratory . Adding to the three studio albums already out there with other music projects , Sangster releases the long awaited debut solo album  In Spite of Everything , The Stars  in  early June  2025  check out singles Why Didnt I Say , Library Fines and current single History Repeatin' from the record 
Sangster previously recorded as Bad Anorak 404, the acclaimed second album in 2006 LP All In Miniature is jam-packed with gorgeous jazz/folk ballads and blues numbers mixing Brill Building classic compositions with odd pop DIY experimentation. At times Bad Anorak 404 came across like Keyboard Money Mark backing Terry Callier or Julie London singing the Broadcast songbook. Uncut described it as ‘an intrepid, boundlessly rewarding delight’

 Dipping in the past of their music career its worth mentioning that Sangster fronted a  group called  Kit an out queer band in the homophobic late 80s, they recorded 4 singles and an album Unshakeable Faith. Liz Naylor writer / NME music journalist at that time said of them ‘Kit make a tough, emotionally indefinable music that carried a lineage from Fred Neil, Laura Nyro and Patti Smith reimagined as the Go-Betweens from Liverpool one of the great underground outfits of the late 1980s ' A compilation was released in November 2024 called Picture Postcards Dreams Unsungs songs .
Sangster also writes for screen and has wrote soundtracks for an impressive number of documentary and  indie film features and continues to do this along side writing songs.  At some point in the future a third Bad Anorak album will be released on the Chemin de Fer label

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