The free stuff
Now, here are the free MP3s. They are made available under a Creative Commons License.
Feel free to swap them, burn them to CD, transfer them to your iPod, or even give them to your cousin who works for a major record company. All we ask is that you don't upload them to your own web site or otherwise try to make money from our humble creative endeavours. Thanks.
Excitingly, these songs aren't on the album. Well, fairly excitingly. Ah, stop quibbling and download them, already.
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You used to be able to buy X-ray spectacles from a dealer in the US. I thought that if I could get me a pair of those, the world would be just swell. This apocalyptic rant (imagine the Happy Mondays doing a U2 song at a soundcheck) sneers at the idea of thinking that one thing will solve all of your problems. |
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A joyous, if slightly sinister, song about an unhealthy obsession. The driving rhythm track, from a certain angle, could be viewed as a Talking Heads homage. |
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Squeeze meet Crowded House and muse about the unsatisfactory nature of just about everything. God gets a mention, but we hope he or she doesn't take it personally. |
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Two lovers at an almost-deserted holiday resort at the tail end of the holiday season. The big wheel breaks down. Imagery alert. Cue the song. |
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Originally recorded by Gum for their 2003 Low-flying Kites album, this acoustic version retains some of the original condemnatory tone befitting a piece of character assassination. As usual, the names have been left out to protect the guilty. |
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A jaunty little number that pokes fun at the guy who leaves the office party with a swagger in his step, believing his big aftershave aroma to be rather more impressive than it actually is. You'd probably want to avoid this guy ... unless you are this guy. Anyway, listen out for a modest little nod to The Beatles at the end. |
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