Gills, by Mallard the Wonderdog

Gills

by Mallard the Wonderdog

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Pete Glover / Balance Lost It took me longer to get into this than the other Mallard albums but Gills is now my favourite album. I love the focus on everyday drudgery in the lyrics interspersed with irresistible cadences like "Agatha's contraption is dead, she chucked it in the ocean for a laugh", and the entire second verse of Chode. I love that you can't seem to let the lows get in the way of ecstatic freak-outs such as at the end of Carnivores or the exuberant bounce in Jobs. I hope we haven't heard that last from you. Favorite track: Chode.

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1.	Cardigan 02:08	buy track
2.	Tired Bones 02:54	buy track
3.	Spouses 02:06	buy track
4.	Jobs 01:57	buy track
5.	Chode 03:56	buy track
6.	Gills 02:36	buy track
7.	Carnivores 03:08	buy track
8.	Folks 03:14	buy track
9.	Yours Sincerely 07:44	buy track
10.	2008 03:27	buy track

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released April 14, 2017

Written and recorded by Mallard the Wonderdog sporadically over 2014-2015 on an iPad after he was given said iPad on his 30th birthday, as an experiment.

Incredible opportunities offered by the technology and cheap recording equipment totally outweighed by the issues thrown up by Apple hating their customers, resulting in the record not being finished until 2017. Cheers Apple. Chapple.

Some tracks sound better than others, partly due to the learning curve, mainly again due to Apple.

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