James King and the Lonewolves - Lost Songs of the Confederacy

  by Tony Gaughan

published: 14 / 11 / 2014

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At last an album I've been waiting thirty years for. James King and the Lonewolves were signed to Alan Horne's Swamplands in 1984, and put out a single 'The Angels Know'on the ill-fated successor to Postcard Records. Front man James and lead guitarist James McKechan, however, fell out and didn't speak for over twenty five-years, and an album, the original version of 'Lost Songs of the Confederacy', which was recorded with John Cale, never saw the light of day A reunion tribute in Glasgow's Woodend Bowling Club (which I was lucky enough to attend), following their old agent Alan Mawn's untimely passing, brought hope of some of their songs seeing the light of day again . An EP 'Pretty Blue Eyes' put the band back on track, and then finally following some re-recording/mixing they have produced the long-awaited 'Lost Songs of the Confederacy'. Opening track 'Fun Patrol' is a brutal tale of undying love. Influences on this record include the Velvet Underground on 'While I Can', the Byrds on 'Over the Side' and even their old Swampland/Postcard label mate Edwyn Collins on the beautiful 'A Step Away From Home' . Stand out tracks for me on this great record were the awesome ballad 'Bridgeton Summer' and 'Texas Lullabye', which has shades of early Skids at their very best. A must have for fans of post punk and fine, fine songs. The album will be available on CD/download from October 27th and on limited edition vinyl from November 10th.

Track Listing:-

1 Fun Patrol
2 Over the Side
3 Fly Away
4 Bridgeton Summer
5 Even Beatles Die
6 While I Can
7 (Un)happy Home
8 Pretty Blue Eyes
9 Texas Lullaby
10 A Step Away from Home

Band Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/JamesKingLonewolves

Label Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/Stereogramrecordings
http://www.stereogramrecordings.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/jcwthoms
https://www.youtube.com/user/stereogramrecordings

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