Only on Friday's has been coupled for release with DIY Man horns mix featuring the Crosstown Horns. Written in the early 80's and released on 11/11/22. Hope you like!

Only On Fridays

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David Nixon's Navigation release their second full length album born from the early 80's of  Costello, Housemartins, Aztec Camera, Stranglers and Squeeze but living squarely in the 2020's! Guitar driven pop at its best? You decide!
Recorded at Crosstown Studios Liverpool by Jon Lawton
Mastered at Topfloor Productions Ltd London by Pete Maher

08 Hearts Beat In Time - David Nixon's Navigation

This side of Christmas - review by Joe Todd - It takes an artist of the calibre of David Nixon's Navigation to disrupt the glad tidings and feelings of goodwill to all men that we will soon have as we enter that jovial festive time of year when we scurry around the shops and the internet looking for those special gifts, socialise with people and work mates that we would never do in any other month. Following on from his 8.5/10 debut album This Side, Other Side earlier this year he teams again with the effortless musical production dexterity of the multi-talented Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios in Old Swan Liverpool to bring us his own yuletide mini rock opera 'This Side Of Christmas'. 

Infused with the full sound of the Navigation, reminiscent of the albums closer 'Photograph' at times, full of Steve Nieve-ish piano flourishes and backing harmonies that if you close your eyes could be Karen Carpenter, David himself takes the lead vocal duties in this 'Last Christmas' tale for grown-ups. 'Mistletoe and Wine' it is not, in fact the lyric is a pass the bottle, no dammit I'll just open a wine box and put my mouth under the tap whilst I stand on the holly in my bare feet tale of hardened melancholic woe, Mud's 'Lonely this Christmas' can't hold a candle to it, in fact the protagonist is so miserable that he may well be holding his own candle as his leccy was cut off on Christmas Eve. As the jolly melody brings a glow to one's cockles one is left wondering what exactly happened for him to end up surrounded by a moulting tree, crackers that won't be pulled and kept warm by the flames of a disintegrated relationship to which is sounds like he still has faint hope will be rekindled? Who knows, maybe there will be a matching 'Other Side' of Christmas sometime soon to tell us how it all turns out! 8.5/10

This Side of Christmas

Written some years ago in about 1981 this song finally recorded in 2020 following the sad passing of The Stranglers Dave Greenfield and it occurred to me that this song was quite reminiscent of the Stranglers.  I turned to my go to players and sent them The Stranglers Hanging Around got a lockdown recording with Jon Lawton on guitars and bass with Chris Howard on keyboards doing his best Dave Greenfield.  I added the vocals later and Jon pulled it all together before Pete Maher did a great job of mastering the track.

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