I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe Written sometime in 1989 Recorded 2nd March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This one has tugged at me for many many years. I absolutely adored it from the moment I wrote it in 1989... But I thought…

I Want You To Know - A A J Russe Written 21st June 1987 Recorded 6th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This was to the same lady who inspired Foolishness. There's a couple of others from the same period, related to her, that will…

Just To Make It What You Want - A A J Russe Written 1st October 2016 Recorded 4th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** I was going to choose a more uptempo one next, then this one jumped out of the shoebox at us, shouting "me me ME…

The Feast - A A J Russe Written 26th September 1985 Recorded 3rd March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This one's been sticking out of the shoebox for a long long while. It always shows up in a list of maybes. And it did this time…

So I was locked in the broom-cupboard, checking out some old songs that need recording. I'd just picked one and then suddenly this thing came out of nowehere. It started with one of those guitarist doodles that other musicians love so much…

New one from me. It's ended up as a bit of a "crying into yer beer at Bob's Country Bunker" sort of song lol... I've been sat on these lyrics in some form or another for absolutely years. I first wrote them one very dark night a few years after…

New original from me, hot off the old wotsit. When it was half written yesterday, I was considering binning it as a throwaway exercise - I do that quite often. But I played the songwriting demo to someone else and, er, apparently I should finish…

First new one from me in a long time. Kind of a love song, I guess. Recorded in my new "studio" (3rd bedroom in the new house). Almost up and running now... shine and don't stop wondering! **** **Shine - A A J Russe** On my way…

Well, here we go then... **** **Cobwebs - A A J Russe** Yeah you know what it is that I want Oh you knew, didn't you, before I did? How many times did you wonder whether I would dare? Oh never mind... Take off your underwear Over…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) So I got me a new geetar the other week. Named her Lala, obviously. Seemed kind of appropriate - she wears a faded gold dress and is full of chunes and mischiefs. This is our first effort together. It was meant…