Born to Sway in Front of You

Following the 17 year gap between Rustin Man's 1st and 2nd albums, 2002's 'Out of Season' and 2019's masterpiece 'Drift Code', the very last thing I expected anytime soon was news of an impending third album. Yet on Monday morning Paul Webb took to the socials to announce the March 20th release of 'Clockdust'. Not only that, he's also scheduled a short run of live shows for November, his first since he and Beth Gibbons performed 'Out of Season' in 2003. I'm aiming for the Union Chapel on November 14th. The tickets aren't even on sale yet, but I've already handed in a holiday request form at work to ensure that I'll be able to make the show.

Here's 'Jackie's Room', the first taster from 'Clockdust', plus a bonus of 'Judgement Day' from 'Drift Code'. Learn more and/or order records here.

Judgement Train

I've been even further off grid than usual since Saturday. All overtime at work has been slashed and I'm reduced to bare minimum hours, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to head down to the smoke for a few days and check in on my two elderly Aunts. Mrs S needed the car at home, so I loaded my device of choice with a bunch of recently purchased albums and let the train take the strain. Track maintenance on the way down necessitated a coach replacement service for part of the journey and the trip home was also heavily delayed after a poor soul was struck by a train near Brentwood, halting all services in and out of London for three hours. Long story short, I had plenty of time in which to acquaint myself with new music. I listened to a lot of good stuff, but I still reckon that there has been no better LP released so far this year than Rustin Man's 'Drift Code'.

Rustin Man - Judgement Train