"Me and my friends have sort of got an in joke about Neck Tattoos, and a little lyric came into my my ‘I would get a neck tattoo, if you asked me too’, i’d made this sorta sloppy funk track and slowed in down, and sung over it. The track kinda got ‘too messy’ so I basically re-recorded the whole track clean. And that version is the version on the album. Still love the messed up slowed, badly recorded phone version, haha. But you can’t really hear what’s going on. Lyrically it’s just about what you would do for someone you like,’fight a 1000 men, shave my eyebrows off, and ultimately get a neck tattoo".
Sparce, 1980s sounding pop-funk provides the record's swansong. Panning Phil Collins drums echo across the song as an ode to Julia is sang.
from
The Only Angel I Ever Saw Wore Black,
released September 8, 2023
All tracks written, performed and arranged by S. Jones
Harp performed by Tomo Xerri on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14
Violins performed by Alex Judd on tracks 4, 8, 14
Vocals performed by Claudia Kane on track 8
Voice on tracks 4, 8 and 14 performed by Anne-Sophie Dubois Gaché
Voice on tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10 performed by Kenneth Voita
Additional production on tracks 1 and 6 by Huckvale
Tracks 2, 5, 10, 11, 13 mixed by Earl Davis (Damu The Fudgemunk)
Mastered by Tim Southorn
Layout / Design by Giles Cahalane
Produced by S. Jones
Def Pressé 2023