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█ ARTIST: Alex Highton █
█ TITLE: Woodditton Wives Club █
█ LABEL: The Local Label █
█ GENRE: Folk █
█ BITRATE: 223kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 34min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-03-09 █
█ URL: █
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█ 01. You've Got The Trees 2:03 █
█ 02. On The Corner 3:04 █
█ 03. I Left The City 2:34 █
█ 04. You Left Me In No Doubt 2:12 █
█ 05. Stupid 3:09 █
█ 06. I Just Found Out Today 3:03 █
█ 07. Hip With The Kids 2:57 █
█ 08. Song For Someone 2:46 █
█ 09. Village Life 2:40 █
█ 10. The Great Divide 2:03 █
█ 11. Sweet Taste Of Defeat 2:42 █
█ 12. What Will You Do When They Break Your Heart Again 2:21 █
█ 13. Little Rocks 2:29 █
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█ Review from Folk Radio: █
█ irsute Hollywood heartthrob Ashton Kutcher seems an unlikely champion of █
█ Scouse soul-folk, but when the actor chanced upon the music of █
█ Liverpool-born strummer Alex Highton, he took to Twitter to register his █
█ approval. Spurred on by that û and the influx of new fans it brought û █
█ Highton raised the cash (via Sellaband) to record his debut album █
█ Woodditton Wives Club. █
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█ Woodditton Wives Club pre-Kutcher was recorded on one mic in a garage in █
█ rural Cambridgeshire, where Highton headed after losing his job in █
█ London to become a full time stay at home dad. █
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█ The more polished version retains a heartfelt simplicity but employs █
█ brass and strings to flesh out the dynamic of his unadorned but █
█ powerfully direct guitar arrangements. Highton uses his own lilting █
█ accent to weave tales of real people in an engaging manner. The mood █
█ shifts effortlessly from gentle observation to brutal reveal, but in a █
█ way that provides coherency and a sense of narrative conflict. █
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█ In essence Woodditton Wives Club documents HightonÆs journey from the █
█ city to the country, exploring basic questions about the human condition █
█ along the way. The hypnotic Stupid borrows a bar or two of the chorus █
█ from Python Lee JacksonÆs In A Broken Dream but gets away with it █
█ through a clever interplay of melodic ideas, and some disarmingly frank █
█ lyrics that deal with the fall-out of a family hit by alcohol and drug █
█ problems. █
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█ Oh shut up you stupid git █
█ Your life it is my one regret █
█ Your teachers all think youÆre thick █
█ IÆm not surprised they think youÆre sick █
█ I really ainÆt got time for this █
█ IÆve got to go out on the piss █
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█ A Song For Someone is a poignant reflection on love and achievement, █
█ straight out of the BeatlesÆ songbook. Village Life provides a █
█ thoughtful change of pace, while The Sweet Taste of Defeat examines the █
█ nature of blame and regret. The gently meandering Little Rocks closes █
█ the album, offering a satisfying epilogue of sorts: █
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█ DonÆt you ever think that I could step out without you █
█ We are just little rocks spinning around and about you █
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█ HightonÆs æspinning aroundæ is a wonderfully fresh and perceptive look █
█ at a world many of us will recognise. █
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