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Release Date: 23 May 2025
Label: Strength In Numbers Records / Last Night From Glasgow
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5070003180011
Genres: Indie
Description
Inspired by Abba, early AC/DC, Beefheart and the dark heart of outsider pop, The Beyond and the Better Way is a record featuring warped orchestrations, extended autobiographical rants and sumptuous performances by a collection of Glasgow's (and Ireland's) finest musicians and singers.
The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR is a pseudonym for Ronan Breslin - a recording studio owner, composer and academic who teaches sound and music at The Glasgow School of Art. Ronan comes from an Irish family of musicians, with the most notable being his brother Niall Breslin, who helmed the iconic Irish band "The Blizzards" before becoming a highly regarded mental health podcaster and now presenter on BBC Radio 3. Niall's stellar guitar playing features on many of this record's tracks. The recording will be released on the 23rd May via Strength in Numbers Records on vinyl and digital platforms and will be accompanied by an online collection of song-related essays (aka rants). The album is distributed by Last Night From Glasgow.
"The songs explore OCD, politics, anxiety, grief, regret, rage, lost love, but also reflect on joyous moments that define the transition from fearful child to fuck-you adolescence and finally reluctant adulthood. The album title song 'The Beyond and the Better Way' is morbidly confessional; however, it is also a statement of resilience, positivity and optimism for the human condition. There is always a better way." - Ronan Breslin
Tracklisting
Peter Capaldi
China Crisis
Original 60s Merseybeat Legends
The Golden Tree
The Tenementals
We Are Muffy
Starless
The Skids
DRIFT
The Gorgeous Pouting Mr AR
Milltown Brothers
Half Man Half Biscuit
Greg Freeman
The Fall
Sprung Aus Den Wolken
Horse
