View basket “Ahead Rings Out” has been added to your basket. 2023's picks Rare Birds: Hour of Song Bug Club, The SKU: BINGO044 Barcode: 5056688812843 29.00 £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bingo Records Released Date: 20th October 2023 Buying Format: 2LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The Bug Club’s second full-length album “Rare Birds: Hour of Song” caps off a year that has already seen the band put out a live album (of new, one-off tracks) and an EP. And, what’s more: it’s a double LP which clocks in at an hour and four minutes. Now then, what could you possibly have to say that takes two records to spit out? Pay attention to this and learn. It’s The Bug Club’s Hex Enduction Hour. South Wales’ Double Nickels On The Dime. It’s The Faust Cycle for people with shorter attention spans. Their eighth release since joining forces with Bingo Records in summer 2020, ‘Rare Birds…’ is a culmination of a year spent relentlessly touring. But it’s not one of those hackneyed road records. It’s about birds, to an extent. Well, it is, and it isn’t. And it is 47-songs long, featuring 23 Cutler-esque spoken-word tracks that weave through the music telling a surreal story to accompany the band’s usual witty, taut garage rock. Oh, and it comes with a fully illustrated, 32-page book. Vocalist and guitarist Sam Willmett kind of attempts to explain: “All the songs were written in our summer holiday lull before we went away to tour (debut album) Green Dream in F♯ last year. Then we picked the lucky winners to go on the album when we got home around Christmas. “We just wrote every day we were home, mostly in the garden. That’s probably why it’s vaguely about birds. All the songs are in the order they were written apart from the last two which we swapped around. “I only actually remember writing one song. ‘Passionflower, Paperbacks and Woodlice’ which came about as I was sat by a passionflower when a woodlouse crawled over my paperback. I thought it looked and sounded nice. “We wrote the wordy bits in one hit around the songs once the record was nearly done. One big story. We think the record is like a fall asleep relaxation tape with the cartoon ‘burd’ narrating and guiding you.” Need to know more? Spare us an hour and four minutes. That’s what we’re asking of you here. It’s a big ask, these days. But if you do, you’ll find yourself entrenched in an immersive world of The Bug Club. The other records – with the sardonic and surreal, the riffs and the obsession with outer space – were a run up. With Rare Birds… Sam, Tilly and Dan have created an expansive environment in which we can all bask in a cocktail of garage rock, poetry, nonsense, wordplay, sentimentality and fuck-offs. Ivor Cutler’s come round to play with Gordon Gano and Kimya Dawson in a semi-detached in Caldicot. They’ve made something you’re going to really like. Artist Bug Club, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Bingo Records Buying Options 2LP Coloured Vinyl Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Side A 1. burds wurds - my first lie 2. Samuel Was Beautiful Tonight 3. burds wurds - for feeling 4. I Will Feel The Same 5. burds wurds - tomorrows triangle 6. Undone 7. burds wurds - i think we'll go with this 8. Fully Clothed 9. burds wurds - the key 10. Marriage 11. burds wurds - shut my beak 12. Four Sisters Side B 13. burds wurds - what's your sweet cereal? 14. Is This The Music You Like? 15. Can Ya Change A Thing Like This? 16. burds wurds - hot emptiness 17. We Can't All Play Saxophones 18. burds wurds - big gold medallion 19. Short And Round 20. burds wurds - louder than normal ha ha ha 21. Passionflower, Paperbacks And Woodlice 22. burds wurds - the pantry flap 23. Blues Magicians Side C 24. burds wurds - the big frog 25. Strawberry Season 26. burds wurds - it's lovely 27. Do It All Again 28. burds wurds - really nice 29. Drown Me Out 30. burds wurds - twelve surnames 31. One Big Heavy Person 32. burds wurds - more of a pretty turkish bookmark 33. Mister Do You Have The Time For Sittin? 34. burds wurds - fish tongue 35. In My Hour Of Song Side D 36. The Loudest Violin 37. burds wurds - now we can move on 38. Antique Heirlooms 39. burds wurds - cubed up! 40. Cheap Linen 41. burds wurds - something small 42. Rare Birds 43. burds wurds - ready for living 44. Three Brians 45. burds wurds - from one rare bird 46. 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