Description
Label Review.
2017 album.
Our Overview.
The Great Rock Bible describe the omnipresent Julian Cope; “Having served up all his incendiary emotion as leader of The TEARDROP EXPLODES for nigh-on half a decade before they disappeared from view in ’83, the floored genius of Liverpudlian JULIAN COPE was always going to make for an interesting, and at times, controversial solo star. A loveable eccentric verging on sanity, junk-fuelled Julian (born 21st October 1957, Deri in Caerphilly, Wales), coupled cultdom and charm with a pop sensibility second to none. An acquired taste for some punters, or a paganish alt-pop giant to others (Sqwubbsy was his 7-foot alter-ego), his on-stage antics such as cutting his stomach, IGGY POP-like, and singing perched on a high pole, saw him develop into his own weird and wonderful character. Where to start for the uninitiated?
Julian explains of this album; “I was teetotal for 21 years, but I did research in Armenia and the villagers put on this big spread for me. They insisted that I drink mulberry vodka [oghi], because it was their way of saying thank you, so I got absolutely sloshed and, since then I’ve become a drinker again, so I’m writing a series of drinking songs.”