West Byfleet Selfie

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Album Info

Release Date: 2019-03-01

Label: AngloCentric Records

Recorded mostly in his studio in West Byfleet this is his third Studio Solo Album and sees him in reflective mood, painting with his Film composer tools rather then the Post Punk colouring book we see in his live shows. The Songs are all written by Carroll with the exception of three exceptional covers.


1. His acclaimed Cover of David Bowie's Where are they now
2. A Riotous Punk Rock version of Piaf's Non je Ne Regrette Rien
3. A RE-Working of Francis Lai's Theme from Love Story.


Other Songs are a Stadium Rock anthem about Radio Play called In the Beginning, a Reggaeton Jam about Salvador Dali's favourite Catalan Fishing Village, Cadaquez, The Rain in California, a Post Brexit story of emigration and diaspora, Trans Siberian Railway a Folky Techno mash up about fleeing the bolshevik revolution 100 years ago. This album shows Carroll as a mature songwriter unafraid of interesting subject matter deeply influenced by Punk Folk and Chanson, a man with stories to tell and the tools to tell them in a stunningly different tableaux.


Thanks to Darren Nimmo Trumpet, Richard
England and Melissa Jo Heathcote