Lord Cut-Glass, by Alun Woodward

Lord Cut-Glass

by Alun Woodward

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1.	Even Jesus Couldn't Love You 04:15	buy track
2.	Look After Your Wife 04:10	buy track
3.	Holy Fuck! 03:41	buy track
4.	I'm A Great Example To The Dogs 02:18	buy track
5.	Monster Face 02:44	buy track
6.	You Know 04:04	buy track
7.	Be Careful What You Wish For 01:52	buy track
8.	Picasso 04:02	buy track
9.	A Pulse 03:42	buy track
10.	Big Time Teddy 02:53	buy track
11.	Toot Toot 03:13	buy track

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So finally, here it is: "Lord Cut Glass" the 'eponymously' titled debut from Alun Woodward and it's every bit as ambitious and caustically lyrical as fans of the ex-Delgado would have come to expect. Named after a small character in Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood', Lord Cut Glass seems to be an agent of vitriolic candour in matters of the heart and head - pitiless scorn and tender vulnerability are doled out in equal measure, carried aloft on a cavalcade of musical styles.

Not shy of employing the odd musical anachronism, Lord Cut Glass revels in marching bands and mariachi-infused gallops; a nod to the musicals of Fred Astaire here, a wink to the colliery brass of old industry there; accordians, spanish guitars, tuba, violins are all present, correct and thoughtfully woven around lyrics that are as humourous and as insightful as any he penned with his former bandmates.

The album artwork was designed by Aidan Moffat and with its Boy's Own feel of derring-do and hair-rasing militaristic adventure, Lord Cut Glass could be a refugee from the Charge Of The Light Brigade, imparting hard-fought home truths to a wet-nursed and morally myopic public.

Morally myopic - I like that a lot.....

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released June 22, 2009

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