Hunting the Off Licence / Trip to Heligoland

The first tune commemorates what sadly turned out to be a futile search for beverages before a gig; the second is named after a friend’s favourite place in the Shipping Forecast (now disappointingly renamed German Bight) which sounds rather exotic and exciting. It is actually a rapidly eroding island with a rather bloody history that is now a tax-exempt holiday resort with an economy almost entirely based on selling alcohol and tobacco to tourists. This sits a little uncomfortably with the fact that the Heligoland Tourist Board promotes it as a health resort. Having said all this, the tune is not really ‘about’ any of it; it just seemed like a good name for a new jig. HB

These were recorded ‘live in the studio’ in a single take.