"Ball and Chain came up in my shuffle this morning in iTunes and I've been listening to the rest of this album since. The longer I listen, the more I realize what a fan I am. crap this is good.
damn... these guys are musical geniuses.
I discovered English Settlement after I heard Jason and the Argonauts on Michigan Radio. I remember it because it was one of those times when you pull into the driveway and sit there in your car till the song ends (same thing happened to me for Harry Nilsson's The Point!). That was about a decade ago now and I'm still a huge XTC fan. Especially this album. I had heard them before from thenewgreen, but it hadn't set it. The Melt the Guns bridge, with headphones on, is killer production. And "No thugs in our house, we made that clear, we made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy!" is a fantastic line. Thanks for the post. Think I'll have a listen.