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God's Holy Trousers - Eat My House Keys (2007)

1. The Road from Lahan (Morrid, Mountjoy - 5m 0s)

When first released, back in the day, critics noted the Trousers' uncanny similarity to Steely Dan c. 1972. However, numerous (confirmed) sightings of Steeleye Span records littering the floors of the Fleapit Studios at this time suggest this was mere confusion. Indeed, Mountjoy and Morrid can oft be found of an evening on (separate) country lanes humming All Around my Hat, an ear of barley clenched twixt thin, cruel lips.

Morrid - Guitar, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Mountjoy - Guitar, Slide, Keyboard

2. Sonophobia (Mountjoy, Morrid - 5m 54s)

Following the second of his expeditions to scale the Netherlands’ daunting peaks, Mountjoy was victim to a chronic case of the dread Sonophobia, a pathologically murderous hatred of Irish boy bands. During his recovery, he was encouraged by his guru and healer, the mystic swami Derek Savage, to pen this touching ballad.

Mountjoy - Guitar, Keyboard
Morrid - Guitar, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Merthyr Tydfil Colliery Silver & Brass Band - Horns

3. Light In August (Morrid - 2m 7s)

The Trousers have long been a fan of the stream-of-consciousness writing of William Faulkner and like nothing more than to stack piles of his works into neat but not necessarily geometric patterns. This track, which shares the title of Faulkner’s 1932 novel, has, however, nothing to do with the book and is, in fact, a serendipitous anagram of the name of Morrid’s former Soviet grunge band, Gulag Shit Unit.

Morrid - Acoustic Guitar

4. Big Ed Mustafa (Mokshaman, Morrid - 4m 32s)

The Mokshaman has crossed the path of many a likely character and none more so than Mr. Edwin Mustafa, former part-time pimp, part-time oboist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, now international gravy terrorist. While his whereabouts, like those of Osama Bin Laden, are open to speculation, it is unlikely that anyone truly cares.

Mokshaman - Vocals
Morrid - Guitar, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Mountjoy - Final Guitar Solo

5. Anita (Morrid - 6m 41s)

Anita, Morrid’s long-suffering other half, is something of a celebrity in her own isolated mountain community, having not one but three Blue Peter badges. That the last of these was purloined from a bric-a-bric stall somewhere in the East Midlands is conveniently glossed over, while the tale of her winning her second is a fast-paced bildungsroman, soon to be released by a major UK publishing house.

Morrid - Guitar, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Mountjoy - Guitar, Keyboard
Merthyr Tydfil Colliery Silver & Brass Band - Horns

6. Kaleidoscope (Morrid - 5m 35s)

Morrid recalls with utmost clarity every moment of his childhood and, for a small fee, will run through any of the days in question, usually in backwards chronological order. Often mentioned is a tiny toy kaleidoscope, fashioned in Episcopal purple plastic and spangled with stars of every hue and shape. He detested it.

Morrid - Guitar, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Mountjoy - Guitar, Slide

7. Moscow (Morrid, Mountjoy - 6m 47s)

Moscow is widely held to be the capital of Russia, a fact disputed by the Trousers, who believe that it is all part of a wider conspiracy theory and that the city is instead nestling in the Clyde Valley, where it is being cunningly hidden by powerful mirrors and mass hypnotism.

Morrid - Guitar, Slide, Keyboard, Bass and Drums
Mountjoy - Guitar, Slide

 

©2007 All tracks recorded and mixed at Fleapit Studios and M-Joy Towers