Paddy Boom

The first cut off Patrick Wolf's forthcoming album 'Battle' has surfaced. It's called 'Vulture' and, although I thought it was a bit tuneless at first listen, I've since decided that it's fairly amazing.



There seems to have been something of a backlash towards Mr. Wolf recently, perhaps because his last album was markedly more mainstream-angled than its predecessors, but I'm standing by my man. 'The Magic Position' was easily my favourite album of 2007 and, on this evidence, 'Battle' may be a contender for this year's title.

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I Fell Off The Wagon, Into Your Arms...

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Now, I realise that very few people share my enthusiasm for Patrick Wolf but, to me, the news of Mr. Wolf's new album getting a February release is Christmas come early. Better yet is word that the album will be a double-disc extravaganza.

Battle, Wolf's fourth album is being released on his independent label 'Bloody Chamber Muisc' and he is using a novel approach to financing the record by 'selling shares' on the Bandstocks.com website. You can hear a preview of the record here.

This video shows Patrick talking about the new album and explaining the whole Bandstocks concept:



(Hi Patrick.)