Malcolm Middleton & Alan Bissett - The Rebel on His Own Tonight (1,141 plays on Last.fm)

A collaboration by erstwhile Arab Strap member Malcolm Middleton and Falkirk-based author Alan Bissett, from the Chemikal Underground Records compilation Ballads of the Book.

AL Kennedy on a collaboration between Scottish writers and musicians:

Lyrical folk, politicised rage, a shattering meditation on death, a chat with Jesus, love, hate and Calvinism - it’s a varied compilation with an underlying commitment that makes it curiously unified, and not a Scottish cliché to be found.

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