The Great Southern, by Laurie Shaw

The Great Southern

by Laurie Shaw

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1.	Twilight Time 05:09	buy track
2.	Bargain Hunt 03:30	buy track
3.	Green Stone On Lime 02:49	buy track
4.	Gorse Fire 03:08	buy track
5.	A Pint Of Milk 04:13	buy track
6.	Days That Shook The World 03:16	buy track
7.	Snow Day 03:23	buy track
8.	Who Are These People? 03:04	buy track
9.	Rediffusion 02:35	buy track
10.	Long Mirror 03:26	buy track
11.	The Great Southern 04:41	buy track

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The album is centered around the Great Southern Hotel in Kenmare (now known as the Park Hotel) and features a fantasy collage of personal and historical dramas that have happened in the town. The album comes with a PDF lyrics sheet so that you can find out what some of the references are about. Which could be an exciting way to spend the afternoon.

Twilight Time takes us through a chiming wall of thick Phil Spector mist, displacing time and leading us up to The Great Southern Hotel of 1955 where a mysterious secret agent is checking in, decades too early for his rendezvous. Meanwhile, teenage dramas of jealousy and obsession and heartbreak are rife throughout "A Pint Of Milk" and "Days That Shook The World". "Snow Day" sees the whole town ground to a halt in a harsh winter of ice and near-cancelled school musicals while "Long Mirror" sees parallel accounts of a river swim in different decades. Finally, on the title track, the secret agent is freed and can return back to his own time . . .

Or, y'know, something like that. That's the gist of it

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released February 4, 2022

All songs written, performed and produced by Laurie Shaw.

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Laurie Shaw Kenmare, Ireland

Laurie Shaw is a Wirral-born songwriter and producer. He now dwells in Ireland where he records from his mountain retreat. He often gigs in Cork, Dublin and the Merseyside area. He has released around 100 albums to date (all of which are available on request). ... more

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