‘Horsebreaker Star’ came out as a double album back in 1994, the penultimate to be released by the late ex Go-Betweener Grant McLennan and it was a musical jump from his previous work, being recorded as it was in Athens, Georgia with US musicians, and including flashes of banjo and mandolin. “I wanted it to be the kind of record that could be played by anyone, but not too obvious. You know, the London Symphony Orchestra doesn’t have to do the ballads, Johnny Cash doesn’t have to do the country songs. I don’t like to be that predictable. I like surprises,” he said. It was on my CD player for most of the year and this track used to crush me several times a week.
Songs for the apocalypse: Grant McLennan “Keep My Word”
