Waiting For The Punchline Vinyl

[Vinnie Frevert]

Ihave a wonderful story to tell you. Possibly extremely niche and only of interest to me and five other people (not unlike my entire first album!) but worth the risk of a few unsubscribes. I\u2019m just not sure whether to tell it from the back or the front. Backstory vs The Big Reveal\u2026 Maybe I\u2019ll bump my way through the preamble like a child with a camcorder and then find a tripod in time for the punchline. Ok here goes:

I should probably mention that travelling to this party from NW to SE London with a toddler felt like traversing the Amazon. Jungle not Prime. The kind of journey in which you very almost turn back half way because it\u2019s raining so hard and the bus has too many buggies and what about the long way home\u2026 Luckily we did not turn back. Luckily as soon as we entered that warm house of fine wine and penguin toothpick holders I knew it would all be worth the Uber we were obviously going to order later.

You play guitar? Oh your dad plays guitar? He\u2019s a musician? What\u2019s the band called? What a nice vinyl cover! Japan? Solo? Which song is that? Wait what\u2026 Loudon Wainwright covered his song??

I was toying with the idea of committing to writing a new song each month of this year \u2014 probably more for my motivation\u2019s sake than for your enjoyment \u2014 but at the moment everything I try to write slowly bends itself towards a song I already wrote. I wish it didn\u2019t feel even more tragically relevant now in 2024 than it did back in 2022. I\u2019ll try to redeem my reputation as an uplifting songwriter (or any kind of songwriter!) in time for February. For now, as we apprehensively enter the new year, and in keeping with the parent-child theme, I hope it\u2019s okay to copy-paste this late night demo\u2026

Lastly, after various complaints from loyal subscribers that it is near impossible to find specific demos or covers or chapters in my cavernous archives, I\u2019m proud to say I have finally ORGANISED my two years of Substack back-catalogue into beautifully labelled tabs at the top of the homepage! (thanks for the tutorial ). In the words of aforementioned toddler who cannot yet pronounce the letter L\u2026 \u201CHave a Yook!\u201D \u00BB lailarad.substack.com

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