Paul Vickers - Oom-Pah!

Paul Vickers and The Vicarage

Omm Pah!

Album

Tracklisting:

1 - THE GRAVEYARDS OF THE MOON.
2 - CRIMP DRIZZLE.
3 - THE TOAD PART ONE.
4 - LILLIAN GISH.
5 - SCREWED WITHOUT A SANDWICH.
6 - MAKING ROBOTS.
7 - I DONT WANT TO SIT NEXT TO LEO.
8 - TWONKEY SPEAKER.
9 - THE TOAD PART TWO.
10 - THE DEMONS OF MR.IVY.
11 - A BOGGY POT.
12 - THE LOPSIDED HAY WAIN.
13 - EASY ON THE MAYO.
14 - HARRISON FORD BEEN ATTACKED BY POTATOES.
15 - MOONFACE BOY.
16 - A TALE FROM THE SCULLERY.
17 - THE TOAD PART THREE.
18 - PAPERBOAT ORIGAMI REMIX.
19 - THE WIZARDRY OF ANN DUNN.
20 - HOT BERYL.

What does Frankenstein actually eat? That was Paul Vickers’ opening gambit in last years show, Twonkey’s Cottage. Vickers (of Dawn of the Replicants fame) may not have found the answer, but he did end up gargling and spitting into a fish tank containing an underwater circus. The question now is how do you follow a show like Twonkeys Cottage and an album like Fucking Stories?

The answer is an album called Oom-Pah! After last year’s shenanigans, Twonkey has outgrown her cottage, which is now haunted by the ghost of silent movie actress Lillian Gish. We find Twonkey reclining in her new hilltop home after navigating a windy mountain pass in a hot air balloon. It’s only when at the castle one can watch Percy Taffy the talking loaf go berserk.

Taken from the album new single Hot Beryl is an epic 3 minute insane sing-a-long, just the kind of thing you'd not expect Bruce Springsteen to be belting out at next years T in the Park. However you can find it available to download for free from the slrecords website.

Hot Beryl sounds like Tom Waits going on a fringe bender, all megaphone gruff blues vocals and nonsense lyrics..Colin Somervillle Scotland on Sunday.