So Long, Too Long is a hilarious true-to-life recounting of The Albany, a Liverpool-based band who for a brief period in the mid-noughties looked like they were in very real danger of hitting the big time, despite their best efforts to sabotage any glimmer of success...
Liverpool's musical history is absolutely littered with 'could have beens' - artists that by all rights, and in a just universe, should have gone global, but for whatever reason, never quite made it over the line. For every Beatles or Lightning Seeds, there are countless bands who, despite doing everything right, just lacked that last bit of good fortune.
The Albany's story - our story - is the mirror image of this. Shambolic, reckless and largely talentless, the gods of music gave us chance after chance at hitting the 'Big Time', seeing us somehow ending up on national radio, touring the country and chased by festival promoters, yet we always found new ways to mess it up - and never gave a toss.
More 'never should beens' than 'could have beens', this a true-to-life recounting of those glorious, carefree days, narrated by singer/songwriter Matty Loughlin-Day and featuring input and discussion from original band members (Liam 'Rowie' Rowlands, Ste 'Frank Button' Buckley & Tom Powell) plus a whole host of reprobates who joined us along the way.
Regrets? We've a few. But from the safety of nearly two decades, it's safe to say we wouldn't change a thing. And anyway, it was so long ago. Too long.
So Long, Too Long.
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So Long, Too Long is a hilarious true-to-life recounting of The Albany, a Liverpool-based band who for a brief period in the mid-noughties looked like they were in very real danger of hitting the big time, despite their best efforts to sabotage any glimmer of success...
Liverpool's musical history is absolutely littered with 'could have beens' - artists that by all rights, and in a just universe, should have gone global, but for whatever reason, never quite made it over the line. For every Beatles or Lightning Seeds, there are countless bands who, despite doing everything right, just lacked that last bit of good fortune.
The Albany's story - our story - is the mirror image of this. Shambolic, reckless and largely talentless, the gods of music gave us chance after chance at hitting the 'Big Time', seeing us somehow ending up on national radio, touring the country and chased by festival promoters, yet we always found new ways to mess it up - and never gave a toss.
More 'never should beens' than 'could have beens', this a true-to-life recounting of those glorious, carefree days, narrated by singer/songwriter Matty Loughlin-Day and featuring input and discussion from original band members (Liam 'Rowie' Rowlands, Ste 'Frank Button' Buckley & Tom Powell) plus a whole host of reprobates who joined us along the way.
Regrets? We've a few. But from the safety of nearly two decades, it's safe to say we wouldn't change a thing. And anyway, it was so long ago. Too long.
So Long, Too Long.
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The gang enter a battle of the bands, and come prepared with a chicken suit and gifts for the masses, but not before getting into some scrapes..
Elsewhere, there's a new addition to the rabble and - heavens above - even some girls!
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It's been a while. So Long. Too Long.
But the gang are back with a new series of SLTL and in this episode, new ground is broken with promoters, the Uber-Kool venue Korova, and Frank Button gives everyone the horn...
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The gang play a gig in a girls' school and heavens above, one of them even gets a phone number!
Oh, and they actually start to record some songs...
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There's a slight delay in getting Episode 9 of So Long, Too Long boxed off, so for those who follow us but don't subscribe, here is a taster of what we do over on Patreon, with our bonus SLTL series, 'Snapped Strings'.
So far we've had an episode exploring the 2005 NME 'Cool List' and a directors cut style watchalong of the fateful Deal or No Deal episode we spoke about in Episode Six.
The 'So Long, Too Long' tier of our Patreon is only £2 a month and we also have exclusive offers on So Long Too Long/Albany merch, so head to patreon.com/clubshipwrecked for more info!
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Despite their image of hellraisers (ahem), life in The Albany wasn't all sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll - there was daytime TV, too.
Tales of ancillary member Cody are recounted, as is a brush with a band very much on their own trajectory to the heavens - you might have heard of them...
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The Albany, now growing in stature on social media, try and live up to their image by getting up to the mildest of peril.
Oh, and actually get some songs finished...
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With fire in their hands (or at least too much time), the gang decide to focus on what really matters in a band - the image.
Aided by Microsoft Paint and a love of daytime TV, the ever tricky task of creating an iconic logo and image is sorted in a matter of minutes, and in the process, the legend that is Frank Button is born...
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With a band (kind of) formed, world domination feels like a hop, skip and a jump away.
All the gang need now are a name, a place to rehearse and somewhere to buy cheap ale.. easy!
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Every epic needs its start, and so it is here. The Albany, a band that would go on to tickle the soles of the music world (or at least the one contained within the L13 postcode of Liverpool) form, bonding over congas, cheap weed and a militant obsession with The La's.
It's almost too hard to believe that this would within years lead to national airplay and offers of huge festivals, but there we are, such is the story of The Albany.
So it begins...
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Liverpool's musical history is absolutely littered with 'could have beens' - artists that by all rights, and in a just universe, should have gone global, but for whatever reason, never quite made it over the line. For every Beatles or Lightning Seeds, there are countless bands who, despite doing everything right, just lacked that last bit of good fortune.
The Albany's story - our story - is the mirror image of this. Shambolic, reckless and largely talentless, the gods of music gave us chance after chance at hitting the 'Big Time', seeing us somehow ending up on national radio, touring the country and chased by festival promoters, yet we always found new ways to mess it up - and never gave a toss.
More 'never should beens' than 'could have beens', this a true-to-life recounting of those glorious, carefree days, narrated by singer/songwriter Matty Loughlin-Day and featuring input and discussion from original band members (Liam 'Rowie' Rowlands, Ste 'Frank Button' Buckley & Tom Powell) plus a whole host of reprobates who joined us along the way.
Regrets? We've a few. But from the safety of nearly two decades, it's safe to say we wouldn't change a thing. And anyway, it was so long ago. Too long.
So Long, Too Long.
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