'Tales From Monographic Oceans': a freewheeling journey through a stretch of sea, cutting through the isthmuses of various discographies
(Mike Scott/Waterboys vs. Karl Wallinger/World Party 46, 30)
'God makes them, then pairs them up'. Then, unfortunately, he 'breaks them apart' (Unfortunately? Fortunately!) The too similar (talented) yet too different ones who met and then parted ways, choosing to do 'their own thing', meaning: Great British Music in all its forms and derivations (rock but also wave, pop but also soul, authorial folk but also traditional, Beatles but also Patti Smith, Springsteen but also Prince...)
World Party - Who Are You? (Live)