Welcome to Smash! - The new Squire Album!
This tape holds all the clues! The title is written on the reel!
Winterman!
It may be summer, but sometimes it only lasts a week!
'Hey! Mr. Winterman, give us back our sunshine if you can!'
The song is the penultimate track on Side Two of the forthcoming Smash LP, and if you've ever had to nervously knock on a grumpy neighbour's door to ask for your football back, you already know its beating heart.
The Rickenbacker 12-string is unmistakable. It was recorded it forty years ago as the key signature sound of songs I was writing at the time.
But now I hear it completely differently. I'm singing about the English rain while the 12-string plays the California sun underneath it the whole way through.
The song is a mixture of Californian longing, and British energy. . And when I picked up the 12-string, I was back.
Every week I’m releasing a new track from the record.
Over on Substack, you'll find an ongoing series of the ‘Sunday Listening Sessions’. Each week, a new song, with some words about where it came from and what it means now.
You can read the full post and hear the song here:
anthonymeynell.substack.com/p/winterman.
