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April Is A Promise : The Dyslexic Carp

00:00 – Curfew (Released April 2020 on the Distant album (album 195)). A concept album (part 1 of a trilogy) about a lockdown not dissimilar to the lockdown we were living through at the time. A punky song sung in the style of Dave Greenfield, with a drum beat a little bit all over the place (in a good way). This version of the song was originally on disc one of the album, with a version on disc two featuring Matt Jones.
02:35 – Mr Nobody (Released April 2009 on the album “He (Act One)” (album 62)). A concept album based on a “Quadrophenia” theme; what if my head could be divided into the constituent parts of the band? Here is their story. This part of the story is the story of guitarist May Taylor. The song was recorded on a loop station with the vocal sung live over it.
07:24 – Through The Eyes Of The Creator (Released April 2013 on the album “Take Control” (album 109)). The song was written for an album about changing the band personnel and taking control. The Creator of this song is God, the band leader and the song writer. There is an aspect of the control freak about musicians; they don’t like others boiling down their essence!
11:37 – Two Faces (Release April 2014 on the album “Walk Away Clean” (album 122)). A rather dirty sounding track built around the musical breaks. The storey is about how one has to show the person in front of you the face they want to see, when you’d like to destroy theirs! Whoever you are, you either have a boss, or someone you have to keep on the right side of. I had some quality issues with this, and so it still sounds a bit muddy. The fixes meant that the solos do disappear a little at times.
15:54 – Comply Or Die (Released April 2009 on the album “He (Act One)” (album 62)). This song is about Jake Madden who dies of a drugs overdose – when someone mixed them into his porridge. He was the mad vocalist who made the band stand out in the early days. However, his erratic behaviour, including his drinking, meant he had to be jettisoned very early on.
21:54 – Survival Of The Stupidest (Release April 2014 on the album “Walk Away Clean” (album 122)). More quality issues, derived from the album being designed dirty and also drop D. This was a title suggested by my wife after she ran over the power cable with the lawnmower…again! This album wasn’t a concept album in a lyrical sense, but was in a musical sense; dirty!
26:08 – Drinking Tonight (Released April 2015 on the “Paradae” album (album 137)). I think about returning to this style of album, but haven’t. I wanted to do a parody of an album that meant a lot to me; parody every song, change a single chord in each song, write lyrics that were more personal to me, whilst highlighting why I liked the original song. This was my take on Rattus Norvegicus; a classic album. The song it parodies is self explanatory when you hear it, unless you don’t know the original, or I played it badly.
31:46 – Isolation Blues (Released April 2020 on the Distant album (album 195)). The first song written for the Distant album, but one of the last to be completed. This again does not feature the vocal skills of Matt Jones. The high harmony line in the break are actually my normal voice through a vocoder; sorry, I cheated! I do like this version.
36:09 – I Don’t Know You (Released April 2013 on the album “Take Control” (album 109)). Although I doubt this will feature in anyone’s favourite track of the album list, it is mine. I walked into the studio in a stinking mood, picked up my guitar, plugged into the pedal board (which feature a drum machine, an octaver and a loop station) and played this live. There are no overdubs, even though the vocals suggest otherwise. It is basically a long guitar solo, but the vocals are essential to the success of the track, as well as the different textures of the guitars.

April Is A Promise

April Is A Promise (Full Album)

Written, recorded and released on the "In Defence Of Alcohol" album in February 2017.

In Defence Of Alcohol

The Alcoholic

For Jamie, released as a 1 track single in July 2017, although written and recorded in August 2016.

Lull - A-Bye - Bye.WAV

Written, recorded and released on the "War" album of June 2017.

And The Winner Is...

Melancholian

Soul Song

We Are Not A tribute band

Nobody's Child

Happy Birthday Matt!

Enjoy the day, and I'll see you sometime on the road!

Chris

We Are Not A Tribute Band

Freedom To Fail

The Fiftieth Birthday EP

Fifty

Taken from the album “(It Is Better To) Travel Hopefully (Than To Arrive)”, an exploration of arranging, rebuilding studios, trying to get back up to speed, with a single focus in mind. A kind of rehearsal piece.

Go Home

Recorded during rehearsals for a gig that never took place. Formed part of the "We Will Rock You" medley.