Zeitgeist review of TOYS FROM BALSA - September 25th, 2005
It might not be the best idea to highlight your past as as employee of a Member of Parliament. As someone who has worked at Westminster and Holyrood, it nearly caused me to hurl the CD out of the window in disgust.
Which would have been a shame as this is a very engaging set of songs. Part David Bowie, part Ian McNabb in delivery, it's the lyrics that lift the songs from good to very good. With a skewed slant on life, it came as a relief to open the booklet and find the words there, as I wouldn’t wanted to have missed out on some of them!
There are a few fillers and the 14 tracks could have been trimmed back to 10, but when there are delights like 'Sorry (She Went Down On Me But I Thought About You)', 'Yellow Rage' and 'Part Of Me' on offer, the minor quibbles remain just that, minor.
There's something for everyone, or at least those interested in plastic bags, cannibalism and Laurel & Hardy in heaven, just some of the observations on offer.Dive in and enjoy.