Track Listing

1. The Box - Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach, Lilly Flynn, Joe Zeitlin, Matt Edmonds, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
2. The Wrote & The Writ - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Joe Zeitlin, Adam Beach, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones
3. Tickle Me Pink - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Adam Beach, Joe Zeitlin, Lillie Flynn, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones
4. Brown Trout Blues - Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach, Matt Edmonds, Johnathan Salzman, Joe Zeitlin, Lilly Flynn, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
5. Eyeless In Holloway - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Adam Beach, Joe Zeitlin, Johnathan Salzman, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones
6. Shore To Shore - Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach, Joe Zeitlin, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
7. Cold Bread - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Joe Zeitlin, Artis, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones
8. Wayne Rooney - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Joe Zeitlin, Adam Beach, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
9. Leftovers - Johnny Flynn, Matt Edmonds, Adam Beach, Lillie Flynn, Joe Zeitlin, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
10. Sally - Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach, Matt Edmonds, Joe Zeitlin, Johnathan Salzman, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
11. Hong Kong Cemetry - Johnny Flynn, Joe Zeitlin, Adam Beach, Matt Edmonds, Artis, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
12. Tunnels - Johnny Flynn, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
13. All The Dogs Are Lying Down - Johnny Flynn, Joe Zeitlin, Adam Beach, Matt Edmonds, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman
14. Shore To Shore - reprise - Johnny Flynn, Ryan Hadlock, Matt Doctor, Patrick Jones, Jon Salzman

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1281 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .15 pounds
• Running time: 54 minutes

CD Description
Bolstered by his band the Sussex Wit, Johnny Flynn shows there's still plenty of life left in British folk-rock on his debut album, A LARUM. A lo-fi production aesthetic and a tendency toward traditional-sounding folk and blues flavors (fiddles, banjos, and acoustic guitars abound) prove to be a perfect match with Flynn's poetic-but-unpretentious lyrics andpunk-meets-folk edge. A LARUM presents a powerful new singer/songwriter's voice to the world at large.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful
An amazing album, with a great array of songs - it flows brilliantly and could quite possibly be the most perfect album of the year.
The single versions of some original songs have been brilliantly reworked, and every track is as fresh and well-written as the next. Lyrically, as one would expect from Flynn, the words are thought provoking and interesting.

Better than Nick Drake...
... never thought I'd write those words in the same sentence, but Flynn transcends all others in this genre - not least with the grim humour of his lyrics. There ARE similarities with Drake, the unusually acceptable Englishness of it all (and some of the chord structures), but this is an indispensable three lp's worth of great songs.

So, a great epitaph to a dead (pop) culture. Will the last person out of the UK please turn out the lights and make sure this wonderful talent comes with you.

Why change your best songs?
I don't understand why artists do this - they write such beautiful songs like 'The Box', 'Eyeless in Holloway' and 'Tickle Me Pink' and then go and ruin them when they put them on the album. He sings them differently, and made them complex. I don't know, maybe he's trying to make them more appealing and mainstream? If so, shame on your Mr Flynn.

Please note - The versions of 'The Box', 'Tickle Me Pink', 'Eyeless in Holloway' and 'Cold Bread' are different to the single versions and versions on the earlier released EP.