way back in early december, i had the unmitigated pleasure of hanging out in those (frankly spooky) disused railway arches which run from Bermondsey Street to right under London Bridge Station. now with my reputation, you might find it hard to believe this was anything other than run of the mill ramping up to the weekend type vibe. but non monsieur, the other lady ms b was shooting a video for the new acoustic ladyland single, cuts and lies, which is the first track to be released from the critically lauded new album, skinny grin and features the magnificently sassy vocal stylings of miss coco electrik herself.
so i spent four hours listening to playback of the same song - albeit cut into scene sized snippets, which might be enough to to put you off something for life (even with my intravenous replay habit) but i left the shoot near bedtime still singing and loving the infectuous saxophone and piano hook and air drumming to the pummelling breakdown at two minutes thirty. damn there it was still looping when i got up the next morning. and again on sunday.

scenes with the whole band and not just the stunningly hitchcockian looking anne, were a complete blast to behold, not least because my cynical mtv reared self had assumed that most everyone mimes through playbacks (maybe i’m basing my knowledge on that robert palmer video, huh?) but the 10 strong crew and associated hangers on (whoo, that was me!) were treated to live jams, not just as the phenomenal fourpiece that is acoustic ladyland but solo bits from sickeningly great saxophonist pete wareham and legendary, tonsorial explosivo, seb rochford, the comedically and keyboardly gifted Tom Cawley and the hirsuite and mighty funky bassist Tom Herbert.

Now wrapped and cut and ready for an early march release, here is the finished product, courtesy of myspace’s filmy thing… Cuts & Lies

get your skinny grin on here

acoustic ladyland feat anne booty - cuts and lies