Fucking Noddy (Revisited)

Whenever James sends me a tune I know I'll have to lean in that little bit closer; I always know it'll either have bangeresque status or somesuch superhero qualities. And 'Broke' certainly straddles both of the above attributes. Yes, it may be downbeat - think Baxter Dury chained to the same radiator as Mike Skinner - but as James wrote in his accompanying text - ''It's got Fucking Noddy vibes running all the way thru it." He's not wrong. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Scott Lavene - Broke (2019)

F*cking Noddy?

Anyone who remembers Chris Morris' quite brilliant Blue Jam that went out on Radio 1(1997-99) in the wee small hours will, I guess, in their minds, still link the dark downbeat comedy sketches with the equally downbeat ambient grooves that in the late 90s made for such perfect post-party bedfellows.

If you listened to this at three in the morning coming down from whatever sort of night you were coming down from then it all made perfect sense; not that it doesn't now. In fact it probably chimes more now than it ever did. Fucking Noddy?