A patron funded not for profit record label, we are an ethics first business who believe in gender equality and fair pay for all. I'm sure it's deliberate move, but Don't Stop and Wings of Desire are a far cry from Jobsons' lyrical best. There’s nothing very specific in the lyrics as Jobson urges; ‘Look at the world around you, realise the dreams, got to fight for the answers, open your eyes and see’, but it’s a pretty safe bet which enemies this particular politicised Scot is drawing our attention to. In March 2024 Destination Dusseldorf will be repressed on Transparent Ochre Vinyl in a limited run of 250. But then the wheels come off the wagon with the arty "Things We've Seen", what were they thinking, this is nil pointe horrible and one I'll be skipping in future, enough said.

I can't believe Jobson is so up himself that he can't see how funny all this is but the air is thinner up in the sky like a bird flying (etc, etc. Special mention too to Last Night From Glasgow, a label that is doing great things for both old and new Scottish artists.However, anyone who has witnessed the singer’s undiminished exuberance on stage in recent years will testify that there isn’t the slightest hint of jadedness in his deportment, but even he’s allowed a bad hair day. Collaborating with incredible artists like Youth, Hugh Cornwall and Martin Metcalfe - all fans of the band. Destination Dusseldorf" at first offers so much, the first seven songs are good or better, and on the basis of these I need to check out the Skids' back catalogue, but then with "Things We've Seen" and "Greatest Prize" it all goes horribly wrong.

The more rocking, more complex, more punky "Wings Of Desire" that follows is another cracker and one I want to see live when the Skids support From The Jam later this year; and at about this point on this my third or fourth listening I'm changing my original opinion that "Destination Dusseldorf" isn't as good as "Burning Cities". com and send your item to: Last Night From Glasgow Limited , Glasgow Street, 23, Glasgow, G128JW, United Kingdom. Third track "Don't Stop" comes roaring out of the blocks but then has a change of direction and becomes kind of arty in a Bowiesque rocking way, its ok but after that wonderful start I can't help but feel it could have been better. Recorded in 2022, Destination Dusseldorf, the brand new studio album from Scotland's legendary Skids, will be released in 2023 on an array of Vinyl, CD and DL.People change but the heart and the energy that drives the band remains stronger than ever before as we look forward to a new chapter in the bands ongoing history. The band note Europe as an ongoing inspiration for the new LP; "from the beauty of the Renaissance to the savagery of many wars, the highs and lows have been from there as an ongoing and ever evolving influence.

Here We Go, How To Be Free and Wings Of Desire follow in similar anthemic fashion before Things We’ve Seen, a haunting and atmospheric trek across Europe full of nostalgia and regret, brings things to a close. Following a prolonged absence, frontman Richard Jobson re-formed the band for a number of live shows, appropriately enough with Big Country’s Bruce Watson and son Jamie replicating the guitar parts, but it wasn’t until the release of 2018’s Burning Cities album that they treated us to new material. All purchases of either the LP or CD will receive a free DL which includes the track "Greatest Prize". We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. In fact, he tells us that he's going again so many times at one point that you want to scream "just go already!With its release date delayed to coincide with the tour of the same name, Robin Boardman finds out if it was worth the wait. Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.

Then there's the sort of Story of Skids on Things We've Seen with Jobson relating it as only he can in the style of Peaceful Times. For a while, the Skids, founded by the great and sadly missed Stuart Adamson in 1977, shone very brightly in the early punk / new wave firmament. Last Night From Glasgow's own site is best as they have all the formats and different coloured vinyl versions. Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.One of the first bands to tear up the basic punk template and take things in completely different directions, they produced three outstanding albums and a string of memorable singles (including the mighty Into The Valley) prior to Adamson’s departure in 1981 to form the massively successful Big Country. Destination Düsseldorf may not have the youthful explosion of ideas of Scared To Dance or the strength of concept and production of its two successors, but the obvious vitality, enthusiasm and lack of pretension makes this a more than worthwhile addition to the Skids collection in its own right.