[2017-02-03] Julian Cope "Drunken Songs" (Head Heritage UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:23 pm

Description
The Archdrude is back with some new material. The album is just six songs of Gnostic Inebriation from around these isles. Welcome to 2017 and the age of Donald Trump. And welcome to Julian Cope’s long anticipated album of drinking songs aptly entitled “DRUNKEN SONGS”. The record contains 6 winter warmers to enliven the dark sunless days, 6 tales of belligerent alcoholerated drunkenness as it plays out in tableaux across these British Isles. “As The Beer Flows Over Me” was the catalyst for this entire project. Written by Cope for his own funeral, the song celebrates our own northern latitudes, and beseeches listeners to diss the southern lands of the grape in favour of beer, beer and lager beer. “Liver Big as Hartlepool” celebrates Cope’s adopted city through the metaphysical lens. “On The Road to Tralee” concludes the album with 20 drunken miles of bad memories, quaint observations and rustic incidentals. Expect Cope’s usual massed ranks of Mellotron 400, alongside all manner of humorous and poignant commentaries - a perfect rest bite from these Trumped up troubled times.

Tracklist
1. Drink Me Under The Table (Drink Me)
2. Liver Big As Hartlepool
3. Clonakilty As Charged
4. As The Beer Flows Over Mer
5. Don’t Drink And Drive, You Might Spill Some
6. On The Road To Tralee

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCS7P98/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCS7P98/?tag=imwan-21

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Julian is like a weird uncle who's seen better days. I don't think he's put out a listenable piece of music since Interpreter, and I'm shocked to see that that was 20 years ago. But what he put out in the 15 years prior to that has earned him my eternal good will.

Since he went fully independent, he's totally free to give us the full scope of his vision, but that's a double-edged sword. Sometimes you need someone to tell you No.

And No, Julian, 12-minute dirges with accompanying poetry about Vikings and Druids is not as good as what you released via Island Records.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Hank wrote:

Julian is like a weird uncle who's seen better days. I don't think he's put out a listenable piece of music since Interpreter, and I'm shocked to see that that was 20 years ago. But what he put out in the 15 years prior to that has earned him my eternal good will.

Since he went fully independent, he's totally free to give us the full scope of his vision, but that's a double-edged sword. Sometimes you need someone to tell you No.

And No, Julian, 12-minute dirges with accompanying poetry about Vikings and Druids is not as good as what you released via Island Records.

Rick A.

[2017-02-03] Julian Cope "Drunken Songs" (Head Heritage UK)

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