Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs Artist_Radio Trip On every track the frenetic

On every track the frenetic energy in the studio is palpable

An ever-changing kaleidoscope of colors and moods

After reaching number 52 on the UK Singles Chart on imports alone

and tracks like 'Guess Who

their reggae fix arriving pre-filtered through the lens of new wave pop from the UK

Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs Artist_Radio Trip On every track the freneticYes, Simple Songs is an album of songs sung by Jim O'Rourke all the way through! It has been ten years since Jim's voice rang out from a new album. Ah, when James Michael was just a wee lad, he sang all the time, with a lovely little lilt to his voice, like all the children do. But the songs he sang gave his parents no end of consternation: 'Great Decei verrr! Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Vir gin Mar eeee!' Aye, if only we'd a been there