: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Baxter Dury : Album.......: The Night Chancers : : Label.......: Le Label [PIAS] .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: PIASLL141CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-04-29 Str.date....: 2020-03-20 Quality.....: 270kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.baxterdury.tv ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. I'm Not Your Dog 2:58 2. Slumlord 3:24 3. Saliva Hog 3:06 4. Samurai 3:22 5. Sleep People 2:55 6. Carla's Got a Boyfriend 3:47 7. The Night Chancers 3:04 8. Hello, I'm Sorry 2:21 9. Daylight 2:42 10. Say Nothing 2:45 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 30:24 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 61.82 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: It would have been completely understandable if Baxter Dury had :, : spent his career shying away from the family name. After all, : :' the shadow cast by his father, Ian Dury, remains both a long ': ,: and portentous one; fans may even note that his sixth album is :, : being released almost 20 years to the day since the elder Dury's : :' untimely death. ': ,: :, : Even so, Dury has managed to plot has own uncommon course : :' without being particularly encumbered by his father's legacy. ': ,: From his 2002 debut, Len Parrot's Memorial Lift, up to 2017's :, : underrated Prince of Tears, the now-48-year-old has proven his : :' worth as a judicious lyricist and - more significantly - an ': ,: excellent inhabiter of characters. :, : : :' Then there's the music, which has run the gamut of alternative ': ,: indie to synthpop to sleazy crooner. It's not hard to see why :, : Dury's biggest fanbase is in France, for example: much of his : :' catalogue has treaded the same line between sultriness and ': ,: sleaziness as Serge Gainsbourg's, frequently delivered with an :, : impassive sneer that thumbs its nose at the unenlightened. : :' ': ,: The Night Chancers sees Dury operate on that same musical plane. :, : With vocalist Madelaine Hart providing a breathy counterpoint to : :' the gorgeous deep rumble of his voice, songs like Samurai sound ': ,: like they were recorded in a haze of Gauloises smoke and red :, : wine. The fuzzy bassline on Saliva Hog and the strings and : :' saxophone on Hello I'm Sorry could easily pass for 1970s ': ,: tracks, if not for the various references to social media, while :, : the more vulnerable Daylight sees him soften his belligerence. : :' ': ,: The Night Chancers of the title are, in his own words, "failed :, : fashionistas, Instagram voyeurs, jilted Romeos reeking : :' insecurity; the willingly unaware; the comically self-deluded." ': ,: Their stories are told in vignettes such as Carla's Got a :, : Boyfriend ("He's got horrible trousers and a small car") while : :' Sleep People scoffs at the pathetic hangers-on of the dwindling ': ,: fashion set. The potently grimy Slumlord ("I'm the Milky Bar :, : kid, soiled trousers / Shiny cheekbones like graveyards in the : :' sun") is the kind of ne'er-do-well character assassination that ': ,: Dury excels at. :, : : :' There's a sense that amidst the takedowns and pugnacity, Dury ': ,: both recognises and rejects the characters in these songs. He :, : says as much, if you listen carefully: the album's opening lines : :' sneer "I'm not your f***in' friend...", but the closing salvo ': ,: of Hart singing "Baxter loves you" on Say Nothing provides a :, : counterpoint to such hostility. Yes, there's a lot to unravel in : :' an album that's only 31 minutes long but, crucially, you'll ': ,: want to return to try to figure it all out. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/