London is where McGuinness was born and currently resides, but one he’d never really call ‘home’ – despite his deep affection for the city. Born to Irish parents, his complex relationship with London is considered in this lyrically personal – yet universal – exploration.
“You and I go back a long time // We braved the rain and bathed in sunshine // But you walk all over me sometimes” quips McGuinness here.
McGuinness’ wry lyrical flair is once again flaunted in this ‘widescreen romance’ about displacement and uncertainty. Capturing the dichotomous nature of London – both its fun, vibrant and romantic surface; and its hard, bleak and intolerant underbelly – it’s a song that muses themes of identity and belonging, of where you come from and where you’re going, in a place that can seem to be fighting against you.
Recorded at Liverpool’s Docklands Speed Shop with friend and producer Gajo Paco, its tasteful additions of cello, slide guitar and wurlitzer were also added to the mix there.
A lush, warm and cinematic new addition to Eugene McGuinness’ canon, standby for further new music very soon….
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