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  Seven Songs for the Week #81 - 23rd Oct 24

  Jason Carty

  I do bang on about Elvis Costello a bit, I have been a fan of his for 35 years, he weaves in and out of my life, but I'm always interested in what he's up to. A few weeks ago he announced a kinda underwhelming King of America box set. This, however is much more interesting.

  In 1985 Costello was musing what to do next. He had put out 10 albums of material between 1977 and 1984, which is a lot, and he by the end of it he found himself divorced, nearly bankrupt, moving away from his popstar years, and in his thirties. Touring acoustically without the Attractions he hooked up with T-Bone Burnett as The Coward Brothers and put out a fun single. EC & TB would go on to produce the "comeback" record, King of America in 1986, but there would be a 39 year wait for The Coward Brothers to follow up that first single.

  And here it is. Unannounced on an email from a record store. A 20 track, all-new, Coward Brothers album, and there's a 3-part Audible series to go with it from Christopher Guest. When I went to see Elvis live a few weeks ago and he told what felt like a shaggy dog story about finding a obscure record while digging through vinyl called "My Baby Just Whistles (Here Come The Missiles)" and found out other follow up tracks "My Baby Just Squeals (You Heel)" and "My Baby Just Purrs (You're Mine, Not Hers)", before giving us a rendition of the latter. He never identified the name of the group and I wondered was it a ruse. Anyways, all three tracks are listed on the upcoming album! The scallywag. Imagine not telling a roomful of your fans that you have a new album coming out.

  This song is a lovely thing. If you're expecting a "joke" record, this isn't it.