The Douglas Firs - ep1
Posted in SHOFT on 4th March 2012
This is by my reckoning, the one hundredth post on Songs Heard on Fast Trains. I still sometimes wonder if I'm not completely barking up the wrong tree here, scribbling away about music I love, and somewhat randomly hitting and missing releases depending on how the blog fits in with...
New Platforms, Old Stones
Posted in Railways on 3rd March 2012
There is an almost universal rule in planning trips around this early part of the year, which says at some point I'll end up in Cambridge. This is partly because it makes for a pleasantly long, circular journey when done right - using track I neglect at other times of...
Single Ticket #7 - French Wives & Blue Sky Archives
Posted in SHOFT on 2nd March 2012
French Wives - Younger A little before I began writing this blog, and when I'd just begun to rediscover the excitement and confusion of the unsigned music scene, I stumbled across French Wives totally by accident. In a world where unsigned had previously meant wading through endless pub-rock demos and...