Dr. Strangely Strange - Kip of the Serenades
A few years ago I was visiting Colin Tully's house (composer of Gregory's Girl soundtrack, and winner of 1980 Eurovision Song Contest), when he played me a tune called 'Strangely strange, oddly normal', by the wonderfully monikered Dr. Strangely Strange. Their album was long out of print back then, and selling for £200 secondhand. Thankfully, it has recently been rereleased on lovely coloured wax by the folks at Back to Black.
Coming across like a slightly more incapable, significantly odder Incredible String Band, the album meanders through prog-folk stereotypes, only to break them now and again with oddly imposing vocals, setting forth the stories of such characters as 'a baker from Ferrara' and 'Dr. Dim'. It's all a bit silly, sounding very much like a drug induced lullaby for confused children, brimming with unusual - sometimes questionable - musical choices.
A few years ago I was visiting Colin Tully's house (composer of Gregory's Girl soundtrack, and winner of 1980 Eurovision Song Contest), when he played me a tune called 'Strangely strange, oddly normal', by the wonderfully monikered Dr. Strangely Strange. Their album was long out of print back then, and selling for £200 secondhand. Thankfully, it has recently been rereleased on lovely coloured wax by the folks at Back to Black.
Coming across like a slightly more incapable, significantly odder Incredible String Band, the album meanders through prog-folk stereotypes, only to break them now and again with oddly imposing vocals, setting forth the stories of such characters as 'a baker from Ferrara' and 'Dr. Dim'. It's all a bit silly, sounding very much like a drug induced lullaby for confused children, brimming with unusual - sometimes questionable - musical choices.
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