As is often the way we work, Mark had the first part of the song with Ian adding the bridge and chorus. Clearly, nothing like the Rolling Stones song 'The Last Time', In fact, it's not..!!

It's Not The Last Time

Crazy....but fun. Manic guitars (Mark) and pianos (Ian) in the chorus just to add to the mayhem!

Which Way To Go

A (very) rose tinted view of those old school days that sees more beatle-esque Epiphone Casino work and, hark........, do I detect some backwards sounds too?!! Full psychedelic version on CD!

This Place (edit)

Morphed from an original song by Mark, this turned into our little ode to the internet and the pleasures, temptations and dangers that are contained therein! It's almost two for the price of one!!

Into The Light

We wanted to create a feeling of space....emptiness.......almost as though something was .....missing! Lots of sounds as you can tell including Mark's debut on Gob Iron and Ian as the busker!! 

Missing

This one clearly takes the groove from David Bowie's "Lets Dance". Happy to share the royalties with 'our Dave' if he insists!! We wanted a nursery rhyme-type ending in the spirit of ring a ring a roses, a song about the plague, a terrible curse for the people of the day. However, this one's more about our politicians, a curse for the people of today! PLAY LOUD!

The Curve

For Mari Ishimori - pregnant at the time of the Fukushima disaster she fled the area to Tokyo for fear of the safety of her unborn child. She loved her husband but felt she could not return as she would never know whether or not it would be 'safe' for her child as the information from officialdom was contradictory and still is.

Featuring Emma Kinsey on vocals.

Fukushima

Mark was reading the biography of Keith Richards when he came up with this little ditty!! Can you tell?!

Stuck Like Glue

This actually started out as a re-work of an old song of Mark's called Obsession. It somehow morphed into this. We wanted to get a nice 'clean' production sound on this.

Everything She Sees

And so we come to the end (at last I hear you cry!) So we thought we'd throw in a bit of T Rex, Dylan Thomas and a fanfare!! Retire to the lounge for a drink and a bit of a laugh after as it's all been a bit heavy and we are really not that serious.......honest!! Thank you and goodnight!

Standing On The Edge

An 'acoustic' tune from the album Still Waiting For A Crisis?

I Didn't Catch Your Name

The Senate - Originally formed 1982 in Hertfordshire, England. Recently recommenced writing and recording new material. Follow us to hear more new stuff and to hear some of the old archive material from the 80's and 90's. Catch more on our facebook and Youtube sites.


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