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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Del Amitri - out falls the past, 2002

"Del Amitri’s songs somehow glued themselves to the trajectory of my twenties. Nothing Ever Happens capped the canyon of my teenage years in Hobart, Tasmania, before Move Away Jimmy Blue propelled me to London when I was 21. Just Like A Man provided minor (very minor) solace when my girlfriend took some other guy to bed when I was 22. Be My Downfall offered absolution when it was my turn to burn love at 25. When I was 27, Here And Now sounded through cigarettes and summer days in my girlfriend’s Austin-Healey Sprite, before someone else pressed ‘play’ on Be My Downfall again..."
Sintra blogue at 12:07
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