“Driving With The Brakes On” is a heavy song that tackles a heavy subject with the sensitivity one would expect from a songwriter as talented as Del Amitri’s Justin Currie. The song’s narrator is a passenger in a car being driven by his girlfriend. He has accompanied her to have an abortion (Currie confirmed the… Read More “Driving With The Brakes On” by Del Amitri (1995)
Would you buy a band’s greatest hits album if you knew only two of their songs? That’s what I did when the Scottish pop/rock band Del Amitri released a compilation entitled Hatful of Rain in 1998. It was hard to justify even the creation of a greatest hits album for an act that hadn’t broken… Read More “Cry To Be Found” by Del Amitri (1998)
Someone, please give Justin Currie his propers as an “A” class lyricist. Nearly thirty years after making his debut as the lead singer of Scottish rock band Del Amitri, Currie continues to bring the goods (seriously, his most recent solo album, this spring’s This Is My Kingdom Now, is quite solid.) “Always The Last To Know”… Read More “Always The Last To Know” by Del Amitri (1992)
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