After the deniable success of the double A side; “The Mississippi Song” and “You Should Change the Construction of Your Grit Box”, the solo artist known as ‘Granite’ decided it was time to form a band and tour the southern counties of the UK. This was back in August of 2020 and had to immediately come to terms with the fact the world was still in lockdown. 
What he ended up doing was buying a small Suzuki Carry van, loading it up with what little music equipment he had and set off to find people to join the band, known now as ‘Mucket Bop’. 
He is still the only member. 

After leaving, his wife cut him off from the joint account and she still will not answer his calls. He got as far as the A12 when he had to start working on building sites to earn enough petrol money to get home. With no access to WiFi, roaming data or an up-to-date edition of the Collins A to Z road atlas, he ended up traveling further and further north before realizing which way was up. He turned around at Manchester and came back down via Wales. 
During the nights he would sleep in the back of the Suzuki Carry that he lovingly refers to as “Slender Brenda The Bar Brawling Brute” and record these songs. 
It was not until April of 2021 that he could afford to get him home and back to a WiFi connection strong enough to do anything with the music he had made. This meant a nomadic 11-month existence, of which, this album is the result. 
This consistently inconsistent body of work asks such questions as “where do patio heaters go in the summer?”, “why is there a deer in that pond?” and “why is that man walking so many Whippets?”. It is a stream of consciousness conversation between one man and his own reflection in the rearview mirror of a van. 
“Songs of Soulful Serenade from a Suzuki Carry named Slender Branda the Bar Brawling Brute” an album from Mucket Bop, 2021.

Steve
Site manager.

Tea Sodden Biscuit

Pesto Champion

The Hardwick Gyratory

I Left My Tousers In Manchester

Johnny Vegas As Samwise

Patio Heater (interlude)

One Man, Many Whippets

There's A Deer In The Pond

Four Saabs

Risky Parking Space

I Have Stolen Your Stairs

Mucket Bop

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