Destination Dusseldorf

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There’s nothing very specific in the lyrics as Jobson urges; ‘Look at the world around you, realise the dreams, got to fight for the answers, open your eyes and see’, but it’s a pretty safe bet which enemies this particular politicised Scot is drawing our attention to. This new album follows in the footsteps of Days In Europa as a celebration of friendship and shared experiences. It's not like he even sings any tracks from the last album (perhaps because it gets in the way of talking.

We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.Opener "Open Your Eyes" is an upbeat good start with the usual Skids/Big Country swirling bagpipe guitars from father and son Bruce and Jamie Watson but why at times does Richard Jobson sound like Neil Young? Richard Jobson is a great rabble-rouser and we certainly need those at this moment in time, but he’s an even better storyteller as evidenced by the title track / lead single Destination Düsseldorf, a lively paean to German artist and one of the singer’s heroes, Jospeh Beuys. com and send your item to: Last Night From Glasgow Limited , Glasgow Street, 23, Glasgow, G128JW, United Kingdom. Third track "Don't Stop" comes roaring out of the blocks but then has a change of direction and becomes kind of arty in a Bowiesque rocking way, its ok but after that wonderful start I can't help but feel it could have been better.

Destination Dusseldorf" at first offers so much, the first seven songs are good or better, and on the basis of these I need to check out the Skids' back catalogue, but then with "Things We've Seen" and "Greatest Prize" it all goes horribly wrong.

Recorded in 2022, Destination Dusseldorf, the brand new studio album from Scotland's legendary Skids, will be released in 2023 on an array of Vinyl, CD and DL. It was really anthemic stuff and Richard Jobson made you feel that you were being educated, whilst Stuart Adamson's Guitar riffs just completely hooked me completely. A few wry smiles at "going on and on again" as Jobson has more rabbit than Watership Down on stage (causing one wag to ask "any chance of a tune? Back in the day I wasn't a big Skids fan, I saw them perform at Surrey University in 1979, and remember only two things from that night, the skinheads had a rumble and some person born out of wedlock nicked my denim jacket from the cloakroom and I went home cold and grumpy, but I don't remember the music, perhaps it may have done had I bought "Scared to Dance". But then the wheels come off the wagon with the arty "Things We've Seen", what were they thinking, this is nil pointe horrible and one I'll be skipping in future, enough said.

Tidal Wave" that follows is better, bigger and closer to the Skids Braveheart "In Tae Tha Vallea" style of punk sophistication, this is a real contender for the best track here crown. The guitar work is strangely reminiscent in turn of Masquerade and Circus Games, either a conscious nod to the past or just something in the band’s DNA – but as the Skids have never tried to emulate others, it’s only fair they should look to themselves for inspiration.Following "Destination Dusseldorf" was always going to difficult but "Here We Go Again" with its driving marching drumbeat and sparse guitarwork works is another that has me wanting to dance although the unnecessary coda has me thinking the track has ended and I'm listening to something different. The band note Europe as an ongoing inspiration for the new LP; "from the beauty of the Renaissance to the savagery of many wars, the highs and lows have been from there as an ongoing and ever evolving influence.

Destination Düsseldorf may not have the youthful explosion of ideas of Scared To Dance or the strength of concept and production of its two successors, but the obvious vitality, enthusiasm and lack of pretension makes this a more than worthwhile addition to the Skids collection in its own right. A patron funded not for profit record label, we are an ethics first business who believe in gender equality and fair pay for all. However the hope is that new fans will come along for the ride and love this and discover the back catalogue. However, anyone who has witnessed the singer’s undiminished exuberance on stage in recent years will testify that there isn’t the slightest hint of jadedness in his deportment, but even he’s allowed a bad hair day. All purchases of either the LP or CD will receive a free DL which includes the track "Greatest Prize".

With there being, sadly, no Stuart Adamson, the best best thing is his Big Country Guitar partner, Bruce Watson and you have to say that Watson takes on the Adamson Skids role wonderfully, at times it could be Stuart playing. I was 15 and had never really fell for Punk, I mean I'd been listening largely to Prog for the previous 12 months. In March 2024 Destination Dusseldorf will be repressed on Transparent Ochre Vinyl in a limited run of 250.