It's All Over...

That’s it. The song-writing process is over. Whilst watching a Northern God-botherer win the Smokin’N’Snooker Cup on the telly, Balustrade last night released a press release to the effect that they can’t be bothered to write any more songs and may as well just record what they’ve got and bloomin’ well get on with it…
The lads have two releases planned. The first fruits of their recent labours will be realized in the form of FourSeasons, an EP type thing featuring four tracks, hopefully out in the summer or thereabouts.
1. Summer Days
2. The Troubadours Lament
3. The Harvest Song
4. Winter Nights

All four of these songs will also feature on the debut album, alt.westcountry volume one, apart from The Troubadours Lament which won’t. Got that?
Summer Days is the lead track, with The Troubadour's Lament represneting Spring, The Harvest Song representing Autumn and Winter Nights bigging it up for... erm... Winter

Alt.westcountry volume one (which is starting to look like a bit of a dodgy title) has been tentatively penciled in for a very late 2005 release (more likely March 2006…) and will feature 12 tracks. Here, for the very first time, we can exclusively reveal the songs that have made the cut and the likely order that they’ll appear on the album…

1. PROLOGUE
2. WEST COUNTRY BLUES
3. SUMMER DAYS (The lead track on the next single)
4. DREAM THE DREAM
5. THE WORLD THE WAY IT SHOULDN’T BE
6. THE HARVEST SONG
7. SHE SMILES (If Lex ever gets round to finishing it…)
8. WE’LL PLAY IT AGAIN (SOME OTHER DAY)
9. THE WOLF
10. WINTER NIGHTS
11. LOVE SONGS FOR TRAVELLERS
12. ZAIRE

Speaking at pretentious length to nobody in particular, Master Matthew J. Carter (the J is an affectation and stands for nothing) said:
“Of all the songs that we’ve written, there is only one for which there are no current plans. Mojave Steamline was the first track written for the album but, and I think we both feel this, sits kinda awkwardly within the rather pastoral ‘English’ alt.westcountry sound that we’ve forged. We can only hope that the songs sound as good recorded as they do in our heads. I think it’s fair to say that we’ve already put a hell of a lot more work into these songs that we have for either The Stalisfield EP or Balustrade Christmas, and when it comes to recording we ain’t gonna rush it through to ensure a quick release. Make your own jokes.
Stay tuned cats, and we’ll let you know how the live stuff and the recording goes…
Carty von Carts.”

So. There you have it. Bet you can't wait, can you???