Drunken songs

"With whiffs of Skellington, Autogeddon, and even early World Shut Your Mouth-era Cope, Drunken Songs is still its own unique animal and reveals our hero to be in fine creative fettle, still challenging himself and listeners even after 30 albums".

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""Album of the week" - Regardless of drug preferences, Cope-watchers have marvelled at their hero's recent reacquisition of his melodic touch, beloved from his Teardrop Explodes/early solo era, but largely shunned on jam-heavy Noughties albums. Highlights on this pubby outing include Drink Me Under The Table (Wilder-era Teardrops, with the synths replaced by Cope's trusty Day-Glo Mellotron 400), and Liver Big As Hartlepool, which takes an amusingly oddball (and Pete Wylie-trouncing) strum through memories of post-punk Liverpool. Bottoms up, sir!".

"With this album it's clear that Mr Cope is enjoying himself again, and this is evidenced on the closing track 'The Road to Tralee', an eighteen minute booze-drenched epic, that goes to places that only he would dare to. The endless bus journey saga trundles along through whiffs of Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Wicker Man, Oliver Postgate, and Jake Thackery. Half narrated toothless road-movie and half acid-spiked stout odyssey. It's Cope at his godlike heroic wasted eccentric best. Welcome back Saint Julian, we've missed you".

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