Michael Head, in some ways Liverpool's finest but most unsung songsmith, is back with his Red Elastic Band and a new song ahead of a new album. His 2017 album Adios Senor Pussycat, at that point his fist album for eleven years, was one of that year's best and a record I keep going back to- the songwriting, the playing, the moods and textures, the hard won wisdom and melancholic celebration of the lyrics never gets tired or overdone. I saw him play at Gorilla in May 2018, a gig which lives long in the memory.
The new song is called Kismet and is as wonderful as anything on Adios Senor Pussycat, acoustic guitars and acid rock guitars and Mick's voice all sounding as you'd want them to.
That's what the Bunnymen would've sounded like with a decent guitarist, a better lyricist, and a more modest singer.
ReplyDeleteMood of the Morning reference an'all!
ReplyDeleteWow, Mick's back on form...could be one of his best since Shack's Oscar, which always seems to stray under the radar. A trip to the Shepherd's Bush gig later this year might be in order.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and looking forward to his new album
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ReplyDeleteOuch JTFL, but I will say the first time I heard Kismet, I felt it slotted in really well with more modern Bunnymen tracks, musically...
ReplyDeleteBut that reference in itself does Kismet a disservice. This is Mick Head sharing more of the music that comes from the muse that has invigorated his songwriting for the past 9 years now. More than any other recent track, Mick has brought some of made Shack so memorable to Kismet.
What sets Kismet apart from all of the magnificence of Adios, Señor Pussycat, is a sense Mick has found a place of strength for this new set of songs we are all about to enjoy. I really can't wait!