Sensational Gravity Boy

Taken from "Crickets" 2007

"Long road black road touch the road
It's a hard road
Spontaneous combustion
Final decision it's the only way
Straight up off from the aggressive rock
Intelligensia
But I feel no pain
From the vacuum that sucks me in

I saw you drifting away
With your car today
With the world rushing by
In the wink of an eye
Move away from the whip
On the reality ship
And the world is a toy
For sensational gravity boy

Words in the important points
Is the assassin
Models just them figurines
Yeah just the ones we chose to keep
Look them over vaguely spacy
He spots them
And he will not change
He is a trooper when it comes to that

I saw you drifting away
With your car today
With the world rushing by
In the wink of an eye
Move away from the whip
On the reality ship
And the world is a toy
For sensational gravity boy"

A tight demo sounding track with a great catchy uplifting chorus. Did this song ever crop up on a "proper" album? well it should. Bob goes under the name Freedom Cruise for this song. Nice. Where does it all come from? Great song.

Sister I Need Wine (Cromag Demo)

Taken from "Crickets" 2007

"Sister, I need wine
For color in my skin
And darkness for my eyes
But I can see the light burn through
Still it is the night brings me to you

Sister, use your gift
The backed up river spreads
On ground for fighting words
And I am hating the ignorance in my body
And I can't feed on the heaviness
Sister, I need you

And we will dance for gold
And straddle the hour of fear
And learn the real story
Drink the truth
Shed not one tear"

Another demo of an Isolation Drills track that begins with Bob and friends talking. This is a real broody piece with a great melody and hushed vocals. This demo has more scope and feeling than many other bands "proper" songs.

I'm Dirty

Taken from "Crickets" 2007

"To spit out our shit in
In hotels and houses everywhere
To drink, shave bump uglies
God knows what else
When i sink into despair
In desperate need of repair
Always be there
I'm dirty"

The start of this song reminds me a lot of Joy Division then Robert starts singing and we are back in GBV territory. A catchy little tune that sounds like a cover version for some reason. Good stuff.

Butcherman

Taken from "Crickets" 2007

Lyrics Unknown

A rarity from "Crickets". Strange vocal style from Bob here as he grunts and gravels a short jagged strummed track. Im not sure what I think of Bob vocal experimentation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it sounds a bit contrived.