KEKKER greatest hits volumes 1+2

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iainbroadbent1 Just had Kekker's album on repeat in my workshop these last few days and what an album to blast away those winter blues! Great lyrics, great band and great production. If you want an album that's full of great melodic pop/rock then this if for you. 5 stars!

Lemonyfalcon Brilliant album. Crunchy rock played the way it's meant to be, with energy and melody with some beautifully delicately played more reflective numbers. Every tune a listen in it's own right. Best album I've bought in a long time.

Michael Reynolds This is one mighty fine album. Full of power and sublime tunes. A Scottish masterpiece. One that every discerning music listener must have in their collection. Just buy it, you know it makes sense. Go on, do it...NOW

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Lovely 180gm white vinyl cut at 45rpm with a full colour inner sleeve and lyrics. Each copy will be signed by band leader Keith Matheson.

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1.	Doveroverland 02:25 video	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Intercontinentally it’s the finest thing you’ll get for free It not coincidentally under hats, under wraps for my friends and me Heart shaped devices get twisted to define Taking on a shape, taking a shine Hats off to kistory, loving is divine It doesn’t really matter if a girl or a boy you be It goes beyond a scatter for my girls and my wife and my family Revising logic and memory and time Breaking every rule, holding a line Hats off to kistory, loving is divine….and mine….push it! It’s found the whole world over, call it love, call it lust, call it like for 3 Dunbeath to Dundee Doveroverland in the sky and across the seas Hearts shape the logic to make us hold a line Taking on a shape, taking a shine Hats off to kistory, loving is divine….and sublime
2.	My Dog 03:21	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Oh woe what’s done is done I call my brother but he won’t come He’s not sleeping, he’s just gone What hope then for a sinking son For it’s cold and so dark down here And come to stay I fear This time my heart is truly broken I move quietly and so slow You fear a memory that I sometimes show I am helpless and guilt and rain The weight crushing your parade again We are cold for it’s so dark down here And come to stay I fear This time our hearts are truly broken The mud is deep My legs are tired As feelings sleep As hearts are mired The dog he looks He turns and then The dog he turns away again.............
3.	Parachute 04:49	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS The background noise suspends my self belief Our landscape moves to blurred from sharp relief My task was having everything in place Before the parachute opens Young altitude drops through the purest air A mile a year brings on a quiet despair How long it takes us all to realise Before the parachute opens A hug, resolve, as hopes revolve and flee A kiss, in turn, I see, I yearn through thee After the parachute opens A mixed return, some grave concern and me No lightning bolt, no love, no jolt...............just me Are feet then fixed to stage a final scene? With dwindled cast if you know what I mean? The background noise extends my disbelief Maybe my parachute’s broken?
4.	Uncommon Angel 02:25	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS She has her breakfast at a quarter to five Ask anyone she doesn’t know she is alive Don’t you wish that we could be so sinful? She takes us shopping on a second hand street She cuts her hair long and she loves to eat meat Don’t you wish that we could feel so alive? Try having breakfast at a quarter to five She’s all made up for my cynical mind There’s no uncommon girl I could go blind She takes us dancing weekends under her wing Takes common angels and she teaches them to sing “Farmer John” I wish I felt so alive I’m having breakfast at a quarter to five She’s all made up for my cynical mind There’s no uncommon girl I could go blind She’s having breakfast at a quarter to five Meet me for breakfast at a quarter to five
5.	Mercy 02:11	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Coughing crying a girl who can Take my breath ‘Come home daddy’ by phone tonight What a commotion in the morning But in the morning.. Love love as love has gone I’m not the only one Screaming mercy She’s for the lions share But I can’t be everywhere Screaming mercy Coughing crying a stupid man Take my breath ‘Come home daddy’ alone tonight We’ll build a glider in the morning But in the morning.. Love love as love has gone I’m not the only one Screaming mercy me She’s for the lions share But I can’t be everywhere Screaming mercy Screaming mercy me Screaming mercy
6.	Real Wood People 02:58	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Real wood people here to love and unfurl I can’t imagine a more beautiful world A certain nature makes you do what you do I’m going camping under blankets with you Let’s all make headway holding candles for light I’ll make my friends of you and sleep well tonight Real wood people planted holding your ground You can’t imagine all the hope I have found The world has fallen to the poorest repair Move every child up to the mountains for air Let’s all make headway pushing loved ones in carts I’ll make my friends of you at least that’s a start Real wood people always stay til the end I can’t imagine a more beautiful friend Steadily branching like a perfect disease Let’s all go planting loving family trees And all make headway holding candles for light I’ll make my friends of you and sleep well tonight I want to live with you, I want to give with you
7.	Family Bird 02:48	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS All my life I will pass to you The tall girl and the small one too Both maybe moving to your sisters scene When dad is low on gasoline All my life maybe I’ve been wrong Coloured crayons and just singing songs Dating girls in a headstrong flight But family first and the rest will be alright There’s no solitary family bird Sitting in this family tree A kiss for your sister and from what you’ve heard You know I’ll never leave it be…..my girls, my loves All your lives I’m the background noise Holding your hands and dismissing boys Our hearts so fickle what a father sees A plugged nickel on a bended knee So from my life let me pledge to you Any old lesson that you want me to For broken hearts, hurting’s not so wrong Hold on to me and it won’t be long for long There’s no solitary family bird Sitting in this family tree A kiss for your sister and from what you’ve heard You know I’ll never leave it be…..my girls, my loves
8.	Poor Spy 02:58	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Take my name and write it down Forget me not and frown, we are bleeding My love, crying for the blame Shiver me for shame, I am needing And I am digging in a hole I’ve given up my soul, I am burning Hey ma, I’m looking for a home Can you heal me? Bless the heart upon your sleeve Apple and believe, we are turning My love, there’s nothing to be done The rain put out the sun, but I’m learning Here I am filling in a hole I’m taking back my soul, I am burning Hey ma, I’ve found another home Can you feel me? Imprinted on my mind Life becomes a kind of blue. Then you stumble over one Destined to become true, you. Now I am filling in the hole I’ve taken back my soul, I am burning My love, I’ve found another home Can you feel me?
9.	Friendly Friendly 03:52	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Way beyond the point of mending Way beyond the call of duty Somebody’s making a fuss over losing beauty She says if you’ll be the one who’s sending I’ll be the big receiver And drop my guard to become a true believer It’s nothing very revolutionary But leaves you feeling quite extraordinarily Friendly, friendly We’re fighting off the force of habit And making seperate arrangements And filling your diary with alternative engagements I said if you’ll be the one who’s bending I’ll make the big confession And hold on tight for the first friendly concession It’s nothing very revolutionary But leaves you feeling quite extraordinarily Friendly, friendly Bring round a bottle and we’ll both get tight I’m gonna sing all night She’s my friend, she’s my very fine friend
10.	Suppertime 01:42 video	lyrics	buy track
LYRICS Take me to heart Take me to bed I won’t say a word love Follow me through Inside my head I make you my world love Two kinds of hurt leave from under a sheet One has to go, the other can’t eat You made the time Life is complete Darlin’ suppertime Promising you Life is complete Darlin’ suppertime

about

Good things come to those who wait. For Edinburgh-based songwriter Keith Matheson, this first solo album is the result of waiting for the right time to record and release a highly personal collection of songs that illustrate the power of reflection.

Keith moved from his home in Wick to Dundee at the age of 21 and finding himself in the city at an exciting time for music formed his first band, Big Blue 72 where he started to find his feet as a songwriter and performer.

He then teamed up with Kit Clark who had recently left Danny Wilson to form Swiss Family Orbison, who were championed by John Peel for their first album and toured extensively, both as headline and support to Teenage Fanclub and the Saw Doctors.

When Swiss disbanded his next move was to join Davie Scott as guitarist with pop powerhouse The Pearlfishers.

It has been 16 years since Keith recorded and apart from infrequent Swiss Family Orbison reunion gigs, he has stayed away from performing.

Now, for his first solo album he has been reunited with former Swiss bandmates Gregor Philp and Dougie Vipond (both of Deacon Blue), Ged Grimes (ex-Danny Wilson and now Simple Minds) and from the younger generation of Dundee music talent Andrew Mitchell (SAY Award shortlisted in 2019 for his Andrew Wasylyk album The Paralian).

Recorded at Magic Box Studios in Dundee Keith says he knew that the album would be a studio project.

“Can you imagine trying to get a line-up together like that for a tour?” says Keith. “I was delighted that they were all so keen to play on the record and all seemed to get something different from playing on it. I might do a few solo acoustic gigs but there will be no major touring.
For me it was about bringing these songs together and making a record that talks to people about these experiences that we all think are so personal but are absolutely universal.”

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released March 1, 2020

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KEKKER... A Scottish five piece featuring members of Simple Minds and Deacon Blue led by Keith Matheson.

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