Part of Leicester's irresistible and irrepressible Invisible Spies crew, Supreme Vagabond Craftsman has previously released a brilliantly bamboozling album (Twice As Nude) and produced the debut singles by Sheffield-based concerns, The Long Blondes and Pink Grease. Just You, Me & The Baby is his first record for Analogue Catalogue.The opening two tracks - Forest Punk and Kite Flying Incident - are Supreme Vagabond Craftsman's two most immediate songs to date: classic rockers with an angular lo-fi ethic. The first single, Check Out My Rifle Range, happily crosses Julian Cope and Damo Suzuki. Later, On The Coastal Journey is a proper rock number with a surging riff and staggered drum rolls, while the addictive awkwardness of Converted Barn and My Welsh Family lies somewhere in between Beck and Super Furry Animals.
Confusing and amusing, like a homegrown Will Oldham, this is easily Supreme Vagabond Craftsman's most consistently enjoyable release to date.
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