This has always been one of my favourite songs I wrote for the band. I’ve always been sort of obsessed with early New Order singles and I think this has a similar upbeat but melancholy quality to it. Fergus’s guitar part, as usual, makes it work. He was always great about coming up with a variety of different approaches when we were learning songs and would always end up with something surprising to me. The words are a hearttfelt cliché. The pain of being absolutely ordinary and the endless struggle against boredom and being boring. We, as a band, had the attitude of determination t… read more
This has always been one of my favourite songs I wrote for the band. I’ve always been sort of obsessed with early New Order singles and I think this … read more
This has always been one of my favourite songs I wrote for the band. I’ve always been sort of obsessed with early New Order singles and I think this has a similar upbeat but melancholy q… read more
Urusei Yatsura were a lo-fi/indie rock band which formed in 1993 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of Graham Kemp (vocals, guitar), Fergus Lawrie (vocals, guitar), Elaine Graham (bass) and Ian Graham (drums). The band released four albums and reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart with their 1997 single "Hello Tiger" before disbanding in 2001. Kemp has since gone onto a solo career and the other three members have formed the group Projekt A-ko. The band is named after the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. For music from the soundtrack CDs of the anime, film and OVA based on t… read more
Urusei Yatsura were a lo-fi/indie rock band which formed in 1993 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of Graham Kemp (vocals, guitar), Fergus Lawrie (vocals, guitar), Elaine Graham (bas… read more
Urusei Yatsura were a lo-fi/indie rock band which formed in 1993 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of Graham Kemp (vocals, guitar), Fergus Lawrie (vocals, guitar), Elaine Graham (bass) and Ian Graham (drums). The band released f… read more