Those Unfortunates - Welcome To Woodberry Down

Cat. no: GDNLP076
Format: LP
Barcode: 684910296106
Release Date: 23 Feb 2024
Genre: Indie

Welcome to Woodberry Down is a collection of songs about the eponymous North London housing estate

Singer/lyricist Ben Brill's family were among Woodberry Down's frst residents in 1950. Dubbed the estate of the future, and built on land that had previously been the preserve of the wealthy, Woodberry Down's social homes were emblematic of a new post war optimism. Brill's family called Woodberry Down home for over 50 years, eventually seeing the estate fall into managed decline. Not long after his grandmother's death in 2006, the bulldozers moved in, and the foundations were laid for a new, privately owned housing development. Those Unfortunates have created a delightful series of vignettes, channeling infuences from The Kinks to Blur to the location based songwriting of Darren Hayman."There's much to enjoy in the song styles and playing, which echo the likes of The Smiths, TVPs, Mercury Rev and Madness." - Shindig Magazine Jan 2024

Tracks: Mr Morrison's Dream / Welcome to Woodberry Down / Next Door Neighbour / The Happy Man / A Kind of Loving / Silk Screen printer / Mad Max Rapaport / The Fury / New River / Three Sisters / Jewellery Class / A Photograph of Emily / Take Me Home / Dear Mr Morrison / Rose and Ben