YELLOW MOON - Dan Russell - 4.25
(DAN R. with Jim, Mark, Dan. Slide guitar solo JIM.)
An owl hooting precedes a building and layering of guitars and vocals into an ascending verse. This leads to a very hooky chorus, complete with wonderful soaring block harmonies. Latin rhythms with a rock feel, complete with a Joe Walsh style slide guitar solo.

JULY SKIES Mark O'Callaghan - 3.37
(MARK with Dan, Dan R. Trumpet solo RALPH. Autoharp solo JIM.)
Leather hitting willow, the crowd applaud, the church bells ring......it's that kind of village green, summer song, or is it? The fantastic interweaving bassline, hypnotic guitar riffs, E bow drone, sitar like harp solos, sparse percussion and use of trumpet give it a kind of Indian raga feel. Very catchy chorus on a nicely under played, very original song.

ICHABOD Dan Perry - 4.33
(DAN with Dan R, Mark. Orchestration JIM.)
Almost medievel in feel, with it's finger picked classical guitar and pure vocal delivery. Interspersed in this are 60s type Association harmonies along with surreal lyrics about icebergs and eskimos. Weird.

ON MY OWN IN A CROWD Mark O'Callaghan - 3.53
(MARK with Dan, Dan R. Trumpet solo RALPH.)
A lovely jazz and rhythm and blues feel on this one. The trumpet makes it almost sound like a Burt Bacharach song. Nice harmony layering helps the song soar. A celebration of being alone.

ALL THAT I NEED Dan Russell - 4.36
(DAN R. with Jim, Mark Moog solo JIM.)
Probably the most straight forward song on the album and also the only real composition about love. A ballad of the soul without being soul music. A heartfelt and catchy chorus, layers of beautiful, building harmonies and a joyful Moog solo is the icing on the cake.

RADIO 4 SONG Mark O'Callaghan - 3.50
(MARK with Dan, Dan R. Trumpet solo RALPH.)
Another eulogy on the joys of solitude, this time with a radio station as a backdrop. Lovely hooky chorus, under played harmonies and very English, very cosy, very blissful. Strange how when the trumpet arrives it gives the song a Latin feel without there being an obvious rhythm of that type in this composition.

YOU CAN'T LOOK BACK Dan Russell - 3.37
(DAN R. with Mark, Jim. Electric 12 string guitar solo JIM.)
The song that rocks the most on the album with jangly Tom Petty / Roger McGuinn guitars, repetive catchy chorus... in fact the song is nearly all chorus! Great pumping bass playing and lovely, tight, economical harmonies ending the song on an unexpected jazz chord.

MENDIP Mark O'Callaghan - 4.00
(MARK with Dan Trumpet solo RALPH.)
Falsetto vocals, ethereal feel, hypnotic chords, two voices, two guitars and little else make it very sparse which mirrors it's subject matter. Excellent trumpet playing gives it a pure jazz feel on the instrumental. Insistently beguiling.

VICAR WITH THE ORANGE HAIR Dan Perry - 4.52
(DAN with Mark, Dan R. Orchestration JIM.)
Certainly the most scizophrenic song on the album. The chorus is pure rock god, layers of heavy guitars, and Zapparesque repeat vocal. The verse, though, is almost pure Elizabethan. Classical guitar, piccolos, violins... mindblowing.

SINGER Dan Russell - 4.25
(DAN R. with Jim, Mark, Maria Electric fuzz guitar solo Dan R.)
Happy, catchy pop song with soaring block harmonies that are nicely at odds with the rebellious lyric about being yourself and not conforming to the narrow ways of the world. Searing fuzz guitar solo jumps out and grabs you.

WHEN EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT Mark O'Callaghan - 3.30
(MARK with Dan R, Dan. Electric guitar solo Dan R. Keyboard solo JIM.)
Another catchy pop song with building guitar riffs, and harmonies... this time with a nice, contented sort of lyric. Again, very hypnotic.

SHE'S MY KIND Dan Russell - 5.45
(DAN R. with Mark, Jim, Dan. 'Electric Counter Skunk' guitar Dan R. Guitar solo JIM.)
Surreal, urbane lyrics, a rhythm and blues feel in the verses, dripping into lovely jazz chorus with loads of interweaving and crossover harmonies. Powerful guitar solo with jazz counter melody. If the song is pure Steely Dan then the coda, which could fade but doesn't, is pure summer and the Beach Boys...

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