Matt Foy

A worthy #1. I loved With You from Here and Tired Of Being Alone off the last record too. Raymond always goes under the radar.

I only chose it as I thought the artwork looked better in black - didn’t know there was a difference in packaging

In the build up to our Edgar Jones release we will be streaming a few tracks that didn't make the vinyl.

Normal gatefold on the black cover.

Made me laugh out loud in the pub!

Noted!

1)The Coral - The Coral
2) I Am Kloot -Natural History
3)The Sleepy Jackson- Lovers
4) Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
5) Doves -Lost Souls
5.5) British Sea Power - The Decline Of..
On the bench: Camera Obscura, Badly Drawn Boy, Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man, BRMC, Turin Brakes
#5debutalbums0004
Cheers Rich

Last one for today. Still trying to narrow by #5albums choices down.

Next up: a favourite from 2024. Perfect for this time of year:

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Next up: cracker by ex -Mynci Man Richard James. Well worth a listen if you don’t know it.
#NowPlaying

Friday night tunes

In memoriam...

Loved this album. Saw them on a co-headline with the Magic Numbers round about then. My Eyes Are Sore is a beauty

RIP Brian Patten. We read Gargling Eith Jelly at school; loved this later. Saw him reading once, at Crosby Civic Hall with McGough; a great memory.

Seminal:

The Coral

open.spotify.com/album/6Fhnez...
Absolute certainty for my #5debutalbums0004

Find The River

open.spotify.com/track/1e3Q7g...

#1 in my #REMTop30
Not sure I would have called this as #1 in advance, but it’s a special song, final part of a stunning closing trio on a great album, so maybe it was always going to be…

“The river empties to the tide”

open.spotify.com/track/181ERl...
#2 in my #REMTop30

“What is it up in the air for?”

When Mills and Berry come in 👊

Losing My Religion

open.spotify.com/track/31AOj9...
3 in my #REMTop30 .
An unlikely hit single: no real chorus, written on the mandolin, and from their 7th album. Not sure something like that could happen these days…

Perfect Circle

open.spotify.com/track/3VUPAE...

#4 in my #REMTop30

“Standing too soon, shoulders high in the room.”

Very happy that Anthropocene @anthro-poetry.bsky.social have taken some new poems ⬇️

www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/3-poems...

Fair enough! More than a few to choose from !

Wot no Let Me Roll It?! 😂

So. Central Rain

open.spotify.com/track/5I1pIw...

#5 in my #REMTop30. Classic early sound.

If I ever formed a band, which given my lack of talent is extremely unlikely, I might go for the Rivers Of Suggestion as a band name..,

Man On The Moon

open.spotify.com/track/4jLv3t...
#6 in my #REMTop30 - another obvious (for a reason) choice…

Glad to see people love this song!

Everybody Hurts

open.spotify.com/track/6PypGy...
#7 in my #REMTop30

An obvious one, but sometimes they’re obvious for a reason…

Hold on.

Organic Crystallography
SpectroxToxaemia
Grimwade’s Syndrome

Dickie Bird's magnificent knock has come to an end. He was so good. And so eccentric. He is completely synonymous with English cricket in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Can't think of another official, in any sport, who was genuinely as famous as the players. Raise your bat, Dickie.

A reminder of those childhood Summers, cricket on terrestrial telly, Richie and co on commentary, always seemed to be either Dickie or David Shepherd or both) umpiring.

Richie always used to call him Harold rather than Dickie, so when I was young I thought they were twins 😂

RIP