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[highlyeccentric]

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Single from Alan Doyle's forthcoming album 'A Week at the Warehouse'. I don't know why but I hadn't listened to any of his solo / Beautiful Gypsies stuff*, and I've just discovered it and it MIGHT reconcile me to the break-up of GBS.

*Well. Maybe the TERRIBLE BAND NAME. No points, Alan.

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[monksandbones]

Oooh, this is pleasing! I may also need to explore Alan Doyle's solo stuff!

[highlyeccentric]

I quite like his last album, although not as much as either this single or GBS stuff. There's a song called '1, 2, 3, 4' that reminds me of some of the Doyle-fronted tracks of Fortune's Favour.

[monksandbones]

I'll have to further investigate Fortune's Favor too, maybe! A survey of my iTunes library suggests that the only songs I've downloaded are "England" and "The Banks of Newfoundland." I have historically not much liked GBS's original stuff as opposed to their folk song arrangements but it may be time to revisit.

I'm currently wracking my brain trying to figure out which other country song this reminds me of (especially the first stanza or two). When I first played it I thought I must have heard it on the radio the last time I was back in Vernon, but it seems like it hadn't been released yet last winter.

I bet it's going to be on the radio a lot this summer/fall though (OMG, I'm going to be in BC in the fall, what is this even), because catchy Canadian song plus CanCon laws...

[highlyeccentric]

Also I think you should probably know about this song: Where I Belong. Skip through the first four minutes or so of Alan talking about how he has the hots for Cate Blanchett.

[monksandbones]

Oh wow, gross sobbing emoji. As I learned during my family's trip to Newfoundland in 2000, you don't have to scratch the surface very much to find Newfoundlanders regretting Canadian confederation in 1949.

Also general brain-drain metaphors, and also my current opposite situation that's still a little like "I'll be Canadian!"

Feeeeeeeels!

[highlyeccentric]

Yeah those are pretty much the feels I thought you would have. PLEASE ENJOY.

You might also enjoy Alan Doyle and Russel Crowe's collab? it's a bit more folky than a lot of Doyle's usual work.

[jamethiel]

*looks at band name* OH, ALAN.

Still, I did love GBS

[highlyeccentric]

The band name might not actually be his doing - he doesn't use it for his studio work, so I guess it's the name of his stage support band.

STILL.