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Spacehog - Resident Alien (flac)



All songs written or co-written by Antony Langdon and/or Royston Langdon.



There's no denying the strong influence of '70's glam rockers like David Bowie and T. Rex on RESIDENT ALIEN.



A few songs, like "Starside," sound uncannily like early Bowie, complete with spaceship sound effects.



However, Spacehog goes far beyond just retro appeal, partly because of their refusal to take themselves seriously.



Even their most hostile, snarling lyrics are bursting with wit, and the glittery surface of their music is simply the slick icing on top of a substantial cake made of gritty, rocking guitar and solid drum work.



The icing includes Royston Langdon's theatrical vocals and strutting, stylish songwriting, which includes tongue-in-cheek lyrics like "So if you raise a glass/To love you passed/Raise a glass to me" (from "Shipwrecked" ).



Spacehog enjoys this kind of melodramatic posing, both in their lyrics and in their music, but they don't lose track of a song's dynamics, and their strong sense of timing lends a sharp edge to each track, never allowing its essence

to get lost in the zealous glitter.



Live Recording



Recorded at Bearsville Studios, New York.



Spacehog:

Royston Langdon (vocals, bass, Moog, Hammond B-3, synthesizer);

Antony Langdon (guitar, vocals, synthesizer, Hammond B-3, Moog);

Richard Steel (guitar);

Jonny Cragg (drums, percussion, background vocals).



Additional personnel: Sean (background vocals).





Song Title



01. In the Meantime

02. Spacehog

03. Starside

04. Candyman

05. Space Is the Place

06. Never Coming Down (Part I)

07. Cruel to Be Kind

08. Ship Wrecked

09. Only a Few

10. Last Dictator, The

11. Never Coming Down (Part II)

12. Zeroes

13. To Be a Millionaire....Was It Likely?