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.
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 / 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺:
Also check out the two singles from the album:
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼 features two b-sides; one original and a Billy Liar cover, whilst the 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗘𝗣 has three b-sides "recorded live in session at Kesbri Studios in Bolton by Ant Booth in August 2017".
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼: https://music.real-records.co.uk/album/come-on-home-hero
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