'Tales From Monographic Oceans': a journey off the cuff in a stretch of sea, cutting through the isthmuses of some discographies
(Mike Scott/Waterboys vs. Karl Wallinger/World Party 46, 27)
'God makes them, then he pairs them'. Then, unfortunately, he 'splits them' (Unfortunately? Luckily!) The too similar (talented) yet too different that met and then parted ways, 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, author folk but also traditional, Beatles but also Patti Smith, Springsteen but also Prince...)
The Waterboys - Still A Freak