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January Songs
Singer-Songwriter · 2011 · 48 tracks · 2h 5m

January Songs

Darren Hayman

A sprawling, lo-fi document of creative endurance. Written and recorded daily during a single winter month, these 48 tracks feel like an intimate audio diary.

January 31, 2011 · Belka

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A quiet, persistent warmth struggling against the grey isolation of a British winter.

Tracklist · 48 Tracks · 2h 5m
01
It Was Over
2:36
02
Bad Technology
3:25
03
We're Staying In
2:53
04
Isle of Eigg (with Gordon McIntyre)
2:58
05
Hold Back the Clock
2:02
06
Nothing at All
2:01
07
Esplanade Drive
3:04
08
Old Man Hands (with Terry Edwards)
2:49
09
I Can't Control Myself
3:34
10
I Know I Fucked Up (with Elizabeth Morris)
3:28
11
You Can't Tell Her Anything
2:54
12
My Bedroom
2:37
13
My Dirty Widow
3:27
14
Who Hung the Monkey (with the Wave Pictures)
3:27
15
Britain in Bloom (with Rotifer)
2:49
16
Let Me Sleep (with Jack Hayter)
3:43
17
Arthur the Dog
2:57
18
The Return
4:09
19
No Different for Girls (with Valentime Leys)
3:14
20
I Want to Be a Volunteer
4:28
21
Shh... (with Litoral)
4:21
22
Baby, Be Good to Me
2:31
23
Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Girl (with the Hillfields)
2:49
24
Ventriloquism (with Ghostwriter)
3:07
25
Forest Blues (with Pete Astor)
3:08
26
Let Out the Sides
3:47
27
I Can Keep a Secret (with Harvey Williams)
3:58
28
I Win the Girl (with Antony Harding)
3:25
29
My Miniature Band
3:48
30
We're Tired of Getting Dicked Around
4:14
31
My Dream Train
2:58
32
January Songs Voice Memo #1
0:16
33
January Songs Voice Memo #2
0:58
34
January Songs Voice Memo #3
1:35
35
January Songs Voice Memo #4
0:28
36
January Songs Voice Memo #5
0:20
37
January Songs Voice Memo #6
0:39
38
January Songs Voice Memo #7
0:15
39
January Songs Voice Memo #8
1:47
40
January Songs Voice Memo #9
1:35
41
January Songs Voice Memo #10
1:08
42
January Songs Voice Memo #11
0:19
43
January Songs Voice Memo #12
0:31
44
January Songs Voice Memo #13
0:58
45
The Return (demo for Steve and Connor)
4:08
46
No Different for Girls (demo for Valentine)
3:08
47
I Won the Girl (rough with vocal)
3:21
48
Isle of Eigg (rough with vocals)
2:58
Moments Worth Listening For
The fragile vocal interplay with Elizabeth Morris on track 10, capturing a moment of raw domestic honesty.
The way the Isle of Eigg field-recording atmosphere blends into Gordon McIntyre's guest appearance.
The inclusion of raw voice memos that reveal the skeletal beginnings of songs before they are fully formed.

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