At the moment I'm reading Roy Wilkinson's book about the imagination, gestation and initial years of the almost mythically quirky British Sea Power. It's a subject he should know about - he managed them until 2005 and two of his brothers are in the band.
A joyful book, it luxuriates in supporting - and, often, seemingly superfluous - detail but speaks breathlessly about their desire to create something unique and special around the band. It paints them as a weird hybrid of Dad's Army, a Prague suburb's amateur boxing club and Paris Fashion Week as re-imagined by Lord Baden Powell.
Which brings us to this tour single from 2005. On the other side, it features The Wurzels turning 'Remember Me' into a scrumpy-powered knees-up. Conversely, British Sea Power turn in a hungover-sounding cover of The Wurzels' finest moment.
Where The Wurzels original is a Saturday night knees-up, British Sea Power render 'I Am A Cider Drinker' as the wasteland of the morning-after-the-night-before. It's a stunned alternative rock ballad, hymning the destructive power of the fermented apple.
Download British Sea Power 'I Am A Cider Drinker' (alternative rock mp3 download) (Mediafire)
Roy Wilkinson's book 'Do It For Your Mum' is highly recommended and available (in an edition of 2,011, of course) direct from the author.
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