'Tales From Monographic Oceans': a spontaneous journey through a maritime stretch, cutting across the isthmuses of some discographies
(Mike Scott/Waterboys vs. Karl Wallinger/World Party 46, 14)
'God makes them, then they pair them.' Then, unfortunately, they 'burst' (Unfortunately? Fortunately!) The too similar (talented) yet too different ones who met and then split, choosing to do 'their own thing,' that is: Great British Music in all its forms and derivations (rock but also wave, pop but also soul, singer-songwriter folk but also traditional, Beatles but also Patti Smith, Springsteen but also Prince...)
What Is Love All About? - World Party