Lord Cut-Glass (Pre-Podcast - Text Only)

It’s a small world after all…
Alt / rock
Artist: Lord-Cut Glass
Album: Lord-Cut Glass
Track: “Look After Your Wife”
Street date: June 23, 2009
Label: Chemikal Underground Records


From across the pond in Scotland, one band has been seriously taking off since the release of their first, self-titled album late June. Lord-Cut Glass is the moniker for former Delgados band member Alun Woodward, and let us just say, his stuff is proving to be truly interesting. The songs are all incredibly catchy, and some tracks—like “Look After Your Wife”—definitely have a smoldering vintage feel - marching drums and mini-fanfare paint a picture of colonialized past. Instead of sounding pretentious, however, the instrumentation of Lord-Cut Glass is refreshing—quirky, yet timeless, as suggested by Woodward’s 1800s Scottish garb on his MySpace page:

His music is cleverly insightful, and his Scottish accent balances the occasional bite of his words:


Look after your wife, you've got her for life
When it's rung you cannot unring the bell
Keep her from spills, keep her from pills
Be a lover and companion as well
If she's a hell bat, free-thinker
Or an all-time bad drinker
'Cause in the morning I'll see her
Look defeated on her way to work
And wishing that you loved her...


Either Woodward is trying to prove that chivalry isn’t dead, or he’s just preparing to be the biggest ladies’ man. Tellin’ gents to look after their women in the first single? Smooth. And totally right!

Other notables at Chemikal Underground: Mogwai, The Phantom Band, Aidan Moffat, De Rosa.

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