Tragical History Tour is the "blood, sweat and tears acoustic country/folk/punk" act from Dundee's Derrick Johnston of UNIFORMS & Joey Terrifying (not to mention Make-That-A-Take Records), who on this recording is joined by musician and studio engineer John Harcus (also of Pmx).
I guess all those other projects might explain why, despite releasing their first EP in 2005, they only finally got around to putting out this, their debut full-length, in 2018 (to be fair, there were other singles and EPs).
"Aphorisms" is a wonderful album, full of catchy, affecting, and poignant layered acoustic goodness with Johnston's distinctive melodic scotch-soaked cheese-grater vocals delivering lyrics both personal and political. Harcus' production is warm and full, with grand dramatic soundscapes on some tracks contrasting a simpler and more intimate sound on others; this is definitely not an album of lo-fi folk punk.
It may have been a long time coming, but it was certainly worth the wait.
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Also check out the two singles from the album:
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ features two b-sides; one original and a Billy Liar cover, whilst the ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฃ has three b-sides "recorded live in session at Kesbri Studios in Bolton by Ant Booth in August 2017".
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ: https://music.real-records.co.uk/album/come-on-home-hero
๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฃ: https://tragicalhistorytour.bandcamp.com/album/old-words-ep
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