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A melancholic rumination on early 21st century drinking culture, set to a polka in order to keep the spirits high and the booze flowing.

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I woke up today in your aviator shades
Sprawled out like some murder scene
Stuck to the bleach on the vinyl floor 
While those old stars above are tough and they're mean
We were beermats dancing nimbly round this tattered upholstery
It was dark but it didn't rain down here
A stumbling mess on Victorian steps
Our crumbling nights collapsed into the morning fear

But alone once more, I'll sit and pour the whiskey out myself
I missed the train while you set sail…
Who thought you'd be the first one to bail?
I’ll pour another whiskey
Another whiskey by myself

Condensation and damp under low hanging lamps
Our words dissolved in the flooded ashtrays
The metal shutters were always gonna shut on us sometime
But why the hell d’you have to leave me in this place?
Alone once more, I'll sit and pour the whiskey out myself
Sleeping in the car while you set sail, who thought &c.

The record still goes round the years after the side’s ran out
And empty drunken hopes they fade into the day
And if I never turned the lights on again
I wouldn’t have to see you walk away
And so alone once more, I'll sit and pour the whiskey out myself
I got the text today that you set sail, who thought &c.

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from A Shandy Ballad, released November 3, 2023
Words and music by J. Gaskell ©2023
Recorded in Penryn, October 2023 by
Julian Gaskell - vocal, guitar, accordion, bodhran, bells
Thomas Sharpe - upright bass

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Described by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, Julian Gaskell’s music over the last 20 years has followed a wayward path of withering agricultural-folk, klezmer accordion, overly-lyrical punk, gypsy-jazz guitar, tangos, waltzes, rhumbas and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano. ... more

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