ELVIS COSTELLO – “THE BOY NAMED IF” //EMI// (Released 14th January)

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£32.99 – 2xLP, Indies Exclusive, Limited Edition Purple Gatefold Vinyl

£32.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Gatefold Vinyl

The Boy Named If, a new album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm.

Costello tells us, ”The full title of this record is ‘The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories).’ ‘IF,’ is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own.”

Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello – the album is a collection of thirteen snapshots, “That take us from the last days of a bewildered boyhood to that mortifying moment when you are told to stop acting like a child – which for most men (and perhaps a few gals too) can be any time in the next fifty years,” as Costello puts it.

Tracklisting:

1. Farewell
2. The boy if named
3. Penelope halfpenny
4. The difference
5. What if I can’t give you anything but love
6. Paint the red rose blue
7. Mistook me for a fool
8. My most beautiful mistake
9. Magnificent hurt
10. The man you love to hate
11. Death of magic thinking
12. Trick out the truth
13. Mr Crescent