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BINMAN OF LOVE

by Alex Gavaghan

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1.
Ice Cream Man 02:46
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The Miller 02:13
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3.
Binman of Love 02:51
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4.
Easy to Fall 02:26
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Pike! 01:32
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Bonne Nuit Juarés 02:30
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I'm Going Nowhere (Love Song for No-one) 02:23
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Lay Down Your Head 03:02
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I've Been Walking 02:56
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Gone with the Morning Sun 04:40
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11.
The Custer Wolf 01:24
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Hi Viz Kid 02:37
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BONUS: Binman of Love (instrumental) 03:02
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SING ALONG! If you’re lonely I’ll dry your tears If you’re worried I’ll allay all your fears I’m the one that you’ve been dreaming of I’m your confidant, your friend, the binman of love If you’re weary I’ll carry you home Like a dog with a discarded bone I’m your holy friend from up above I’m your chaperone, your friend, the binman of love Are you lonesome tonight? I’ll come around and make everything seem alright I saw you with him but you don’t know where he’s been So take my hand and see That everything will be alright after one night with me I’ll sing ya yer favourite song And you can’t help but sing along Flutter your lashes and you’ll coo like a dove I’ll hit you in the heart, the head, the soul, the binman of love Il netturbino d’amore Je suis l’éboueur de l’amore Tell you the same old story ‘cause I know all the jokes I know all the moves I know all the chords to the tunes and I know who you are I’ll be your shoulder to cry on I’m your manly chest to lie on Come with me girl and you’ll never get enough I’ll hit you in the heart, the head, the soul, the binman of love

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12 track album. (Freaksville Records, 2015) Buy digipack CD / stream / download direct from the label here: alexgavaganuk.bandcamp.com

Produced by Keith Thompson ★ Album photo by Mathilde Veyrunes (www.mathildeveyrunes.fr) ★ Cover by Wesley Storey (www.wesleystorey.com)

Drums on Ice Cream Man, The Miller, Binman of Love & Hi-Vis Kid: Mark Percy ★ Everything else: Alex Gavaghan.



Recorded with long time studio collaborator Keith Thompson, Binman of Love is The Cubical lead guitarist Alex Gavaghan’s fantastic debut solo effort. In contrast to the telecaster blues mayhem of the aforementioned Liverpool five-piece, the songs held herein are on the whole more melodic in essence and hark back to the frantic early days of Merseybeat and the dreamy balladry of Dion, Shannon, Hyland and co.

The album gets off to a flyer with the tongue in cheek country assault of Ice Cream Man and the harmony infused twang of The Miller, before the sumptuous and undeniably brilliant title track kicks in.

From then on, there is no let-up in quality as Gavaghan takes you on a journey from electric to acoustic and back towards the record’s blistering finale and the fuzzed up garage pop of Hi-Vis Kid.

Although admittedly featuring “the odd song about fit birds” (the gentle Lay Down Your Head and I’m Going Nowhere), a lyrical eccentricity also cuts through the record; there can’t be too many albums around with songs about drug dealing ice cream men, hi-vis jacket wearing kids, Dirk Kuyt, dams, and, erm, the self-pluralisation of fish species. With only one track significantly passing the 3 minute mark (the glorious Velvets-esque Gone With The Morning Sun), brevity is the order of the day with the whole lot coming in at just over half an hour.

If you dig the well-crafted pop of the 50s and 60s and like your tunes with a healthy dose of reverb, there ain’t much to dislike here. In fact, you’ll fucking love it.

"Magnificent!" (Muzzart - FRANCE)
"Luminous songs that take us back to the 50s and 60s, to Merseybeat, to the balladic terrain of Dion and the Belmonts or Del Shannon, to country and garage pop....Very very highly recommended!" (Rock and Roll Army - SPAIN)
"12 beautiful and ragged pop songs" (Sound and Image - GERMANY)
"Melodic and Intense" Album of the month (Rockambula - ITALY)
"A fantastic debut album" (Indigo - GERMANY)


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Catalog number: FRVM69
Catalog number CD: FRVR54
© Freaksville Publishing 2015
www.freaksvillerec.com
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released January 8, 2021

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