ARTiST: Darren Hayman And The Secondary Modern
ALBUM: Darren Hayman And The Secondary Modern
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LABEL: Track And Field
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 58.79 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 43min 04sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-10-18
STORE DATE: 2007-11-02
Track List:
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01. Art and Design 4:44
02. Rochelle 3:03
03. Elizabeth Duke 3:30
04. Straight Faced Tracy 3:09
05. The Pupil Most Likely 3:41
06. Let's Go Stealing 3:41
07. Higgins Vs Reardon 4:23
08. The Crocodile 3:14
09. She's Not For Me 3:20
10. The Wrong Thing 2:56
11. Apologise 4:08
12. Nothing In The Letter 3:15
Release Notes:
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Darren Hayman presents his second solo album and a new backing band. 'Darren
Hayman and the Secondary Modern' was recorded between Summer and Winter 2006 and
features his touring band from that period; Amos Memon (Fanfarlo, Tompaulin) on
drums, Dave Watkins on banjo and Simon Trought (Tompaulin) on bass, percussion,
mandolin, backing vocals and recording engineer.
The record also features a whole host of special guests including Dave Sheppard
(Ellis Island Sheppard), Galia Durant (Psapp), John Howard (Reclusive 70's
songwriting genius), Wesley Gonzalez (Lets Wrestle), David Tattersall (The Wave
Pictures), Mark Brend (Farina) Terry Edwards (Scapegoats, Tindersticks,
Higsons), Pete Astor (Loft, Weather Prophets).
The idea for this album was to make some lively rock and roll. A of Darren's
recent releases have been quite intensive affairs recorded by Darren at home,
for this record Darren decided to go to a recording studio and piece together an
album quickly with little preperation. Some of the songs (Let's Go Stealing, The
Wrong Thing) were improvised quickly by Darren with Amos playing along on drums
and the rest of the song being written afterwards.
On Apologise and Pupil Most Likely, Darren assembled a group of musicians who
had not previously met or heard the songs and recorded them in 8 short hours.
None of this is to suggest that this album is slapdash. The lyrics as usual are
precise, emotive, direct, heartbreaking and amusing all at the same time. The
theme of suburban ennui and aspiration from his last two albums continue this
time with a particular focus on schools and education inspired by Darren's
recent short career as an Art Teacher.
Other songs focus on the perils of cheap engagement rings, the need for clearer
language in love letters and the Higgins versus Reardon snooker final of 1982.