He’s best known as the guitarist for You Am I, but Davey Lane is proving he’s a solo force to be reckoned with. He’s just dropped a fantastic single, called “God, I’m Fucked Up Over You”, and there’s more to come on a brand-new album.
There’s a story behind the song, and while it’s a little longer than the quotes I normally share, it’d be a shame to cut it. Davey said “Sometimes the path of best intentions turns inexplicably muddy and murky, leaving behind nary but a memory or a picture – or if you’re so inclined a song, and/or some lines on a page to make sense of the mess. When closure ain’t an option, you sit and wait for it to present itself to you.
“Some dear family friends kindly offered me a place to sit and wait, and finish writing songs for this new record. The sounds of the environs (Hua Hin, Thailand) informed the reinvention of this song that I’d originally started as a chugging guitar pop song – which was nice, but something I felt I’d written a few times before.
“A month or so later, we were at Robert Muinos’ Rat Shack studios. The track was recorded but for some reason I could never finish the last verse – there was no ending to the story. I was going to sing the front half of the song anyway and mumble something at the end to finish later. An ending of sorts became apparent that day. Door shut, story done, song finished. It wasn’t the ending I’d hoped for but it was an ending…
“There’s a lot that’s jagged and jarring about this song for me, but with the passing of time, I get comfort from it, oddly. But maybe that’s the marimbas, Mellotron, swathes of harmony and exemplary bass line courtesy of dear pal and one of the land’s finest bass players, Luke Hodgson …
“Onward we roll, hey?”
Onward we roll indeed. “God, I’m Fucked Up Over You” Is the first track lifted from Davey’s forthcoming solo album Finally, a Party Record, which we should hear in the middle of next year.
Image used with permission from Jo Corbett Publicity
