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Word Gets Around
Rock · 1997 · 11 tracks

Word Gets Around

Gritty, observational guitar rock from the Welsh valleys. A debut defined by Kelly Jones' raspy storytelling and small-town sketches of tragedy and mundanity.

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It's like a collection of gritty short stories set in a Welsh pub, told by a guy with a voice like sandpaper and honey.

A gritty, observational blend of small-town claustrophobia and youthful defiance.

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Dive Bar saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
A Thousand Trees
3:03
02
Looks Like Chaplin
2:32
03
More Life in a Tramps Vest
2:20
04
Local Boy in the Photograph
3:22
06
Not Up to You
4:37
07
Check My Eyelids for Holes
2:43
08
Same Size Feet
4:00
09
Last of the Big Time Drinkers
2:46
10
Goldfish Bowl
3:03
11
Too Many Sandwiches
5:03
12
Billy Davey’s Daughter
3:45
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, crashing guitar entry on 'A Thousand Trees' that sets the album's urgent tone.
The haunting, stripped-back acoustic vulnerability of 'Billy Davey's Daughter' closing the record.
The propulsive, driving rhythm of 'Local Boy in the Photograph' mirroring the tragic momentum of its lyrics.
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