Captain Sensible and Paul Gray's side project THE SENSIBLE GRAY CELLS return heralding a brand new album with a single and video.
'I Married A Monster' is taken from Get Back Into The World, the DAMNED pair's second album for the project since the acclaimed A Postcard From Britain in 2013.
“We love all those old Ealing comedies, Carry On films and 1950's hammy-horror movies like The Blob and I Married A Monster From Outer Space,” explains Paul about the song. “This is our musical tongue-in-cheek spoof homage to them….after all, you never can quite be sure…can you??”
With the world locked down through Covid, and touring effectively cancelled, Sensible and Gray, finding themselves with time on their hands, convened with JOHNNY MOPED drummer Marty Love to record an album of songs exploring and demonstrating their collective affection for 60s psych-pop.
“PG and myself being garage-psych aficionados feel there should be more of this kind of music and this is our contribution to the cause,” explains the Captain. “If I said that some of these songs were 'Damned rejects' that shouldn't be seen as an indication of inferior song writing, more that they're not wearing the right shirt.
“I've never been a prolific writer being a lazy so and so, I think it's best to wait for inspiration to call, which explains the seven-year gap (how many albums could the Beatles have crammed in that period!) but in the meantime Paul re-joined the Damned and we've gigged about a bit, which is always fun - CAN WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC BACK AGAIN PLEASE!”
Speaking about the album, the Captina continues, “It's sad that high streets around the world have been destroyed by online shopping but nobody's forcing people to do it - what can you do? These are very strange times we’re living though - I just count myself lucky to have been around to witness the second half of the 20th Century; a fab time for music, culture, ideas and that without even mentioning Benny Hill and On The Buses. The new album coincides with all this virus malarkey, which, unpleasant as it is, will undoubtedly be used by the powers that be to tighten the screws on us little people on behalf of their billionaire paymasters. Blah blah, etc. There's a bit of that hidden away in the album.”
Set for release on 27 November through Damaged Goods in various formats and limited edition colour options, Get Back Into The World is available to pre-order here.
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Pic by Alison Wonderland