Robert Wyatt continues to follow his singular musical path with the lovely Shleep, delivering another album of considerable quirky charm and understated beauty; a less melancholy affair than much of his recent work, the record is informed by a hazy, dreamlike quality perfectly in keeping with the elements of subconsciousness implicit in the title.
My favourite great and eccentric English musician identifies his inspiration in the title of this song - and below is the first verse to ram the point homeRoger's in the archive looking up casementMartha's in the government digging up the basementRebel into representative for the voterShadow backbencher couldn't get a word inTurned up anyway ... issues burningAll consuming ... drinks in the cab...