The Magnetic North - Prospect of Skelmersdale Format:Bookpack CD and resonating vocal melodies

and resonating vocal melodies

While the band’s debut LP Souvenirs captured memories and melancholy from around the death of Matt’s father

’ Words you might not expect from somebody who has recently welcomed not just a second album but a second child into their world

And maybe that can be powerful

but the sound and vibe of this album is more akin to what the project was supposed to be when it started in 2016

The Magnetic North - Prospect of Skelmersdale Format:Bookpack CD and resonating vocal melodiesBookpack CD Hardback bookpack CD featuring images from Stephen McCoy of Skelmersdale from the 1980s. Skelmersdale in West Lancashire was designated a new town in 1961. Part of the UKs second wave of post war population redistribution, it was failing within twenty years. Another Northern town facing up to the realities of the Thatcher era, Skem (as its known locally) saw house prices spiral down and unemployment figures rise. Prospects for Skelmersdale