For anyone who enjoyed the recent post from The Blue Aeroplanes, here is a treat for you. In 2023 the band released the follow-up to 2017's 'Welcome Stranger!', with 'Culture Gun' making a belated appearance. It was written, and in part recorded, over three years, and was much delayed, mainly due to vocalist Gerard Langley being hospitalized with cancer. It was finally released on 28 April 2023 on the Art Star label, to almost universally positive reviews, and the following year the band surprised fans at a gig at Lafayette, London on 27th July 2024, by selling a specially pressed CDr of unreleased tracks from the 'Culture Gun' sessions. It included the track 'Tyger! Tyger!', which is poetry by William Blake and William Butler Yeats set to an arrangement of Mud's 'Tiger Feet', and was limited to just 100 copies. It came housed in a gatefold sleeve and a plain, white paper inner, with a resealable, clear, outer protective cover, and obviously has since become one of the band's most collectible items. In case you didn't manage to get your hands on a copy, here it is for your enjoyment.
Track listing
01 Tyger! Tyger!
02 Inherit
03 Bad Angel
04 Loyalty Cards / Unreliable Narrator
05 Cops
06 Album Of The Year
07 Underground Rocketship
08 Better
wow! thank you!!!
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