#11 – ‘Wrong Decision’
Song #11 is ‘Wrong Decision’.
I initially wrote and recorded a demo of this one in 2018 after listening to whole lot of early-70s Bowie. It’s clear I’m no Bowie. Maybe late ’80s Bowie? But definitely …
#10 – ‘Everything is Here to Stay’
Tenth song in ten weeks is ‘Everything is Here to Stay’. Hopefully not this lockdown…
I wrote the bones of this song in 2012, using some live-recorded drum loops. At its heart, it’s …
#8 ‘Ricochet’
Number 8 in the list is ‘Ricochet’.
When I decided to try and record and release 52 songs in as many weeks, it was songs like this that I had in mind – shit I’d had lying …
#7 ‘Earth Utopia’
Song number seven of 52 will without doubt one of those which dates back the furthest…
I first wrote ‘Earth Utopia’ in 1998 as a teenager, In early 2001 I rewrote some of the words to …
#5 ‘UVB-76’
Track #5 – almost 10 percent of the way through my song-a-week project! – is ‘UVB-76’.
I wrote this one in 2020 about a particularly well-known Cold War-era numbers station called ‘The Buzzer’, or ‘UVB-76’. Well, it’s …
#4 ‘Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse’
Track #4 in the year-long attempt to record and release 52 songs – one a week! – is ‘Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse’. Yes, only twice – we all know what happens if you say it three times.
Early …
#1 ‘Misunderstanding Ovation’
New song! No, not a ‘new’ from the album I put out a few weeks, back an actual new one.
It’s called ‘Misunderstanding Ovation’, and it’s what I hope will be the first of 52 new …
New Anecdata album – ‘Undelete’ – out now!
Recorded a new album. A double, ’cause you know, how else am I going to get through all these bloody tunes I’ve written over the years?
It’s called ‘Undelete’. The cover is a photo I took a few years back
New song! ‘The Effing News’ from the double album Undelete
‘The Effing News’ is the first single from the new Anecdata album, Undelete. Check out the lyric video below.
Get it from Bandcamp now when you preorder the album – a double! – out May 29. Presave the record …
Anecdotes #6 – 1981
I said a few posts back I was just gonna do singles for a while. You know what? I thought I’d be into it, but I’ve found it’s just leaving me a bit unfocused and scattered. So I’ve canned a …
