Your Vandal

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Your Vandal
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EP by Duke Special
Released 2005
Recorded Belfast
Genre Rock
Length18:13
Label Hag Records
Producer Dave Lynch and Duke Special
Duke Special chronology
My Villain Heart
(2004)
Your Vandal
(2005)
Adventures in Gramophone
(2006)

Your Vandal is an EP by the Northern Ireland based artist Duke Special. The record was released on Hag Records in 2005, and features seven tracks.

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Duke Special is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he has distinctive long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic". His live performances have a theatrical style inspired by Vaudeville and music hall, and often incorporate 78s played on an old-fashioned gramophone, or sound effects from a transistor radio. He is most often accompanied by percussionist "Temperance Society" Chip Bailey, who plays cheese graters and egg whisks, a Stumpf fiddle and a Shruti box, as well as the more typical drums and cymbals. Other musicians who perform with Wilson from time to time include Paul Pilot (guitar), Réa Curran, Ben Castle, Ben Hales, Gareth Williams, "Professor" Ger Eaton (keyboards), Dan Donnelly and Serge Archibald III.

Track listing

  1. "Worst at the Best of Times" - 3:48
  2. "Portrait" - 3:05
  3. "John Lennon Love" - 3:31
  4. "...genie lamp..." - 0:46
  5. "Low" - 3:19
  6. "Your Vandal" - 2:49
  7. "...oak tree..." - 1:05

All songs were written by Duke Special, with the exception of "Worst at the Best of Times" (by Duke Special and Iain Archer), and "Your Vandal" (by Phil Wilkinson).

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