single review: vic goddard. blackpool ep. 11 oct 2010. gnu records

i got sent this track over the weekend and thought i’d post it for three reasons… firstly, i’ve been a bit shit recently due to my laptop situation, so thought it might be nice to give you some free music. secondly, the track is all about blackpool and being a spurs fan i need to post it as a show of solidarity with them as arsenal turned them over at the weekend. or something. finally, this is really a bit different. i don’t think i’ve posted anything like this on either incarnation of sockformation.

the track, from vic godard, was written for a musical by irvine welsh called ‘blackpool’. the musical wasn’t going to be your usual west end type all singing all dancing affair, and the ‘trainspotting’ had something very different in mind. things went a bit wrong and welsh wasn’t involved in the end and the musical didn’t follow his plans. it flopped by all accounts, but godard wanted to release the music anyway. i’m pleased he has because this track is fucking genius.

download the song and see what you think, but expect a sort of fun, old time sing along about blackpool. take that theo walcott. that’ll show him.

vic godard. blackpool (mp3)