The BSI album out this Saturday

The Baker Street Irregulars are launching their long-awaited unsigned debut album at The Mill this Saturday (December 4) and will be marking the occasion with a live set to endorse the selling of the CD.

The band will be supported by live sets from tamed mayhemists The Shotgun Faeries and The Moogs, and will be announcing the name of the album on the night, it has so far been kept top secret.

Speculation

The Baker Street Irregular's front man 'Fil' fuelled speculation about the name by telling Listen Up 'It's obvious'. Fil also took the time to provide Listen Up with some extra details about the making of the new album and what can be expected from it:

"The album will have 12 tracks in total. We were going to have our cover of Blister In The Sun by the Violent Femmes on there too, but we couldn't get hold of them to ask.

"The retail price of the CD will be £6.99. The main reason for that is to cover all of our expenses, from buying the equipment we used to record it, to manufacture of the album and printing costs. But if you buy a ticket for our Mill gig from any member of the band prior to the 4th of December, we'll knock a couple of quid off."

Perspective

The album will be available to buy on the night and, for anyone who cannot make it, will be on sale in Action Records.

The night marks the completion of over a year's work for the band, who started recording the album last November. Fil explains:

"We took a long time out from the bulk of recording to get some perspective on what we were supposed to be doing. I think it helped. On I Love Lisa the drums are re-recorded as are all the vocals, and the versions of Little Car and (supposed) hit single We'll Never Be Friends are new recordings, vastly different from the original versions floating around on the internet. We've surprised ourselves with how well this has come out.

For anyone familiar with The BSI's songs here is the albums' tracklisting:

Little Car
We'll Never Be Friends
These Boots Were Made For Stalking
Big Kids Stole My Bike
I Love Lisa
s***hole Alumni
Want To Be Wanted
Drinking Song
I Want To Be With You
The Boss
It's Hard Being A Man
Right Place Right Time Wrong Shoes

Written by Dan Jeoffroy

Photography: Dan Jeoffroy