Malcolm Middleton & Aidan Moffat collaborate on new project!
Okay, so that project is basically a video designed to hype Middleton’s new solo record Waxing Gibbons. Which means the title may have been some kind of bait and switch. Sorry about that.
Now I’m not exactly sure what this is supposed to be. It’s not serious enough to be a proper documentary. But it’s more than your usual puff-piece EPK fodder too. Middleton talks openly about his career and the kind of music he writes, while others (including Moffat and King Creosote) pipe in with various observations. Some are supportive (“His voice absolutely sums up pish weather”), others not so much (“Aidan’s got a solo career while Malcolm is just nosediving.”). It’s all good fun, and certainly a hell of a lot more entertaining than most of these advert pieces usually turn out.
The album itself is solid, but nothing really different from what one would expect Middleton. Maybe it really is time to try making that heavy metal album.
Waxing Gibbons is out now on Full Time Hobby.
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