The Unutterable, which could have been forgettable but actually it's really really good. Cyber Insekt and Two Librans chug along and Mark's on good form. It's like a vintage Fall LP, a bit of weirdness, some tape stuff, and then a rockabilly Banger. In this case the banger is all about Mark hating roundabouts. Him and Me both - though here they call them Traffic Circles. Pumpkin Soup and Mashed Potatoes is a bit cheesy but that's forgivable really. And then the last track is a weird one - sung by not Mark but it's a straight up Fall cover version style rocker type affair. It's great.
It's now traditional to release a whole bunch of alternative versions of entire albums for the Fall. So there's a bundle of bonus tracks which don't really do much.
Then Rude All The Time (single). Totally weird - sounds like Mark was showing the Lo-Fiers how to do it. I Wake Up In The City is an absolute belter though, all treble fuzz and banging drums.
And then the live sets. The weird thing about the Bootleg Box Set is how indistinguishable each set is. It's pretty much the same set list on and on. Largely Unutterable stuff, with a few surprises thrown in. The band are on cracking form...for a while at least. There's a real stamina issue, with the energy levels trailing off over the course of each set. Mark is either in time with the band or totally off but generally it's pretty good. I'm not sure about the efficacy of releasing these type of shows though, there are times when some chump in the crowd is announcing the songs as they start, and he's louder than the band. It's all for the cause. Mark struggles with the words to F-Oldin Money which is not surprising.
Mr Pharmacist is now a staple of the live shows, and probably replaces Hip Priest as the singalong track. It's a great tune though and let's the band really attack it. The other song which is a totally weird revival is Paintwork - a weird song to do live and a weirder song to bring back from the dead. It's largely instrumental when they play it, which is unsurprising. The other two brought back from the dead is I am Damo Suzuki, and And Therein. Damo must be a fun one to play live.
I can't afford to be tired of the Live stuff though - there's more to come next week....
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