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Strange Part of the Country

by Conil

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Tanisha Jackland
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Tanisha Jackland I am speechless...so glad Conil showed up on my radar. The man is a genius. Every track a masterpiece. This one hits the heart hard. Great lyrics and vocals that demand respect. Favorite track: After the Hole.
Michelle May
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Michelle May I really enjoy how this album can cross so many genres. It is also the kind of album that is best experienced with multiple listens. Reading the lyrics was also really enjoyable for me because I like to think about them and ponder why it might make me feel a certain way. Something I thought was unique too is how different each song is on this album. I really appreciated that, and I think that is another reason why you should listen to the album more than once to gain new perspectives. Favorite track: A Waterfall Is a Poem Pouring through a Rock.
KidOfEarth
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KidOfEarth A favorite song? I am unable to say...
The whole album is wonderful! A unique musical experience in a universe apart, a little dark, melancholy, and bewitching! An album to which we will always return!
A real discovery! Well done Conil!
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1.
Dog Meat Stew - Lyrics I just drank three bottles of the best excuse on the planet Going back to Camberwell to sign on and then shoplift Lost my dog after I smoked something I knew I shouldn’t have Days that followed followed me and I was following the days They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl Neighbours said they thought we were dead, we only slept one hour a night Working jobs that we both hate to buy some shit we don’t need Dog meat stew from Mexicans who dig in trash cans for breakfast Burglar alarms are disconnected when they want insurance They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl I knew her before the thing, I never knew her after Don’t like too much noise and I don’t really like the weather Changed my name to John Coltrane 'cos no one took my phone calls Best times are always the ones that you just walked away from They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with her They saw you, they saw you, they saw you with a girl
2.
Strange Part of the Country - Lyrics The night falls on Nong Bone town Seventeen ladyboys and he are beating up small change Europeans Someone gets drugged by three old ladies This is a strange part of the country This is a strange part of the world This is a strange part of the country And we are not welcome We are not welcome The night falls, I have no past Twenty three hostess girls and me The edge of the roads turn into decades rubbing against me This is a strange part of the country This is a strange part of the world This is a strange part of the country And we are not welcome We are not well This is a strange part of the country This is a strange part of the world This is a strange part of the country But we are not welcome We are not welcome
3.
Years Between - Lyrics Time to go home Time is not enough And I have seen down the ways of time And I feel them coming through me in waves In my life, like a shadow in the sunlight Just passing over all the days and the years between And the long way and the journey into night and day And when it's over our days are lost into real life Breathe in the years Time greeting me And how all these things have me weighed down When I have seen far away And in my life, like a shadow in the sunlight Just passing over all the days and the years between And the long way and the journey into night and day And when it's over our days are lost into real life And what about when I get old? And in my life, like a shadow in the sunlight Just passing over all the days and the years between And the long way and the journey into night and day And when it's over our days are lost into real life And what about now?
4.
Round Midnight - Lyrics Round midnight when the engine’s on Lose my head from the rolling throng Get my house out of the fire Get my car out of the wreckage pile Straight out of lullaby land Straight out of Birdland Like waking up in the morning without my head in my hands And I’m getting on Well it’s been pretty long And I woke up around midnight to see Charlie Parker fly in a saxophone Well there's gold on the road Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you Charles Mingus That’s so like Philly Joe Jones Miles she likes your Miles Davis shit Miles Davis shit Miles Davis shit Gone midnight and I'm just moving on With a couple of fellas with sticks and songs Got my head into a St. Louis fire Haven’t seen daylight for a couple of nights Straight out of lullaby land Straight out of Thelonious land Like waking up without feeling like my head’s been up my ass And I’m getting on Well it’s been pretty long And if I’m not home before midnight I'll be playing here with this whiskey and these songs From somewhere out of the earth Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you Second cousin of the Dizzy man And the nephew of the devil A girl sent to me by the devil I'm getting it on and I can’t do me wrong Got jazz inside my vein now and the blues even comes out of my asshole It's the door to my soul Round midnight getting, I'm just getting on with you
5.
After the Hole - Lyrics All I seen is what I thought I would have seen At the end all I found were other ends Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole On the screech of the city brakes I heard your name Feel as though we're living in a recurrent dream Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole And the life is after the hole And the life is after the hole
6.
Time Settles 03:22
Time Settles - Lyrics And the decision made a hole, a vacancy in a vital inner chamber in my bones This is what finally separated me from all my friends for whom I became skeletal Time settles over me Time settles over me And then the places I visit became the same inside world that I thought I was in And like a fly scribbling the air I know neither the place nor what the hour is Time settles over me Time settles over me And I, far off inside, was old And now the years are closing in, each minute the last minute and following me
7.
Old Irish Drunks - Lyrics Well he left home one Sligo day and he kept on going until he came to a halt And they heard nothing of their lost son since London had swallowed him up Each night he drank himself to sleep in a town where he lived but did not belong These streets were built by men who came from the earth then covered it up They built these streets of Cricklewood They built these streets of Kilburn They built these streets of Cricklewood And they built them good Built them good Living on the far edge he broke his toes in the High Road cold His last days he told me how much he loved all he said he hated most They built these streets of Cricklewood They built these streets of Kilburn They built these streets of Cricklewood And they built them good Built them good And all the roads remain And all the roads remain And all the roads remain And all the roads remain Built them good Built them good Built them good Built them good
8.
Kitty's Wake 03:44
Kitty’s Wake - Lyrics At Kitty’s wake we sang the old songs And the priest was telling me about his world I’m at the old house for the last time All the workers at the church stop when we arrive And everyone dies And everyone is born with life And everyone might find someone they want to spend their lives with Find someone they want to spend their lives with All the kids are playing grown up I’m remembering that once I was a child Some are lonesome when they’re on their own And then some of us never get the time alone And everyone dies And everyone is born with life And everyone might find someone they want to spend their lives with Find someone they want to spend their lives with Find someone they want to spend their lives with Find someone they want to spend And I should know
9.
A Waterfall Is a Poem Pouring through a Rock - Lyrics A waterfall is a poem pouring through a rock A mild case of death in the park Meant I was looking for someone And the old guys keeping us straight with their stories The death of a bricklayer in Dublin And claims that there once were leprechauns And I was living with the night Sleeping with the eyes All night kept breathing After two years of digging up my roots in back rooms I found out there was only one truth That roots were meant to be buried A waterfall is a poem pouring through a rock The water will never fall back So I stopped looking for anyone And I was living with the night Sleeping with the eyes All night kept breathing A waterfall is a poem pouring through a rock The water will never fall back So I stopped looking for anyone
10.
Camden Town and I Should Be Happy - Lyrics Feel unusual maybe we should get outside some time this week or maybe we should go on scraping the walls Head's gone weird Head's gone weird Feeling derelict, if I was a house I’d be the end of a terrace knocked down leaving my inside walls outwards Head's gone weird Head's gone weird Head's gone weird Head's gone weird Camden Town and I should be happy

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"One of the most original artists out there"
- Blues Matters magazine


"A strange brew indeed - Four Stars - Q Recommends"
- Q magazine


"A fantastic album"
- Steven Merchant, BBC 6 Music (live session)


"I played it last week, I just had to play it again"
- Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2


"If you like your music real, raw and meaningful, here’s the voice for you"
- Heat magazine (Heat's Hot New Artists of the Year)


"Gritty, urban blues, full of tales of hard drinking and hard life. Pray [he] lives long enough to record a second album"
- Q magazine - Q RECOMMENDS


"Modern rock music at its very best. A warped mix of country, rock and blues. This record is anything but predictable. Conil takes the blues on a 21st century journey. One of the best releases of the year"
- Blues Matters magazine (front cover feature)

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released September 21, 2007

Feat. all-time great upright bass player Danny Thompson (Nick Drake, Joe Strummer)

Mixed by GRAMMY-winner Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello)

Produced by Conil

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Conil London, UK

"You don't sound like anyone else," said Danny Thompson - renowned bass player for Nick Drake and Joe Strummer - about English musician Conil.

Tchad Blake, the GRAMMY-winning engineer for Tom Waits and Paul McCartney, echoed Thompson's sentiment, declaring, "Strange Part of the Country is an awesome album! I still listen to it."

Fleetwood Mac blues icon Peter Green also recorded with Conil.
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