Release Date: 23 February 2024
Label: Gare Du Nord
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 684910296106
Genres: Indie Alternative
Description
Welcome to Woodberry Down is a collection of songs about the eponymous North London housing estate. Singer/lyricist Ben Brill's family were among Woodberry Down's first residents in 1950. Dubbed the estate of the future, and built on land that had previously been the preserve of the wealthy, Woodberry Down's social homes were emblematic of a new post war optimism.
Brill's family called Woodberry Down home for over 50 years, eventually seeing the estate fall into managed decline. Not long after his grandmother's death in 2006, the bulldozers moved in, and the foundations were laid for a new, privately owned housing development.
Those Unfortunates have created a delightful series of vignettes, channeling influences from The Kinks to Blur to the location based songwriting of Darren Hayman.
"There's much to enjoy in the song styles and playing, which echo the likes of The Smiths, TVPs, Mercury Rev and Madness." - Shindig Magazine Jan 2024
Tracklisting
Ben Reed
Paul Callan
David Power
Electric Hero
Mystery Fix
Terry Miles
Andy Lewis, Popincourt, Papernut Cambridge, Robert Rotifer
Papernut Cambridge / Luke Smith / The Feelings
Greg Freeman
Blue Violet
Avalanche Party
Welly
Gwen Dolyn
Bitumen
Radkey
Helen Ganya
