Artist: Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs
Title: How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
Label: Chemikal Underground
Genre: Alternative
Bitrate: 186kbit av.
Time: 00:37:31
Size: 53.03 mb
Rip Date: 2009-01-08
Str Date: 2009-02-14
1. Lover's Song 2:18
2. Big Blonde 2:03
3. Atheist's Lament 4:05
4. Oh Men! 3:07
5. A Scenic Route To The Isle Of Ewe 5:24
6. That's Just Love 1:46
7. Ballad Of The Unsent Letter 3:53
8. Now I Know I'm Right 4:31
9. The Last Kiss 2:42
10. Lullaby For Unborn Child 2:48
11. Living With You Now 3:38
12. My Goodbye 1:16
Release Notes:
The past fifteen years in music has spawned few vocalists as
likeable as Aidan Moffat, and the maudlin Scot will follow
February's excellent solo album I Can Hear Your Heart
(shamefully, certain FACT members of staff dismissed it as
2007 in early Album of the Year discussions, and the resulting
bile and disappointment still hang around the office like the
bandana that the Filthy Dukes once sent us) with How to Get to
Heaven from Scotland, the first album from Aidan Moffat and
the Best Ofs.
Moffat spent over a decade recording as Arab Strap with
Malcolm Middleton, building up a cult following due to his
melancholic, witty lyrics and unmistakable Scottish drawl. He
also memorably provided guest vocals to Mogwai's 'R U Still In
2 It?' from their debut album Young Team. After six studio
albums and countless EPs, live albums and singles, the 'Strap
amicably split after possibly their best album, 2006's The
Last Romance. Middleton has continued to peddle the
comparatively stripped down sound of his solo work, while
Moffat returned his focus to his wordless ambient project L.
(formally Lucky) Pierre, releasing Dip, his third album under
that guise.
Last year, Moffat returned with the aforementioned I Can Hear
Your Heart, a music/book package that dealt with the same
clandestine tales of substance and sorditity that he made his
trademark in the 'Strap. How to Get to Heaven from Scotland,
by comparison, is pretty cherry. Sez Aidan: 'I decided it was
time that I attempted to write some positive love songs, which
is incredibly difficult to do if you want to avoid cliche and
repetition. You have to try to make them both personal and
universal, which can be quite difficult; you have to try to
forget other people are going to hear them while also making
sure it will appeal to an audience.
'There's a lot more sunshine and happy endings on this record,
plus a song about my grandfather's non-existent ghost and a
lullaby about the terror of impending fatherhood. Hopefully
I've managed to keep it at least diverting for the 37 minutes
it lasts. Sounds reet fucking chirpy.