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Odgers & Simmonds
11+ albums
acoustic
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Odgers & Simmonds is a side project by Philip "Swill" Odgers and Paul Simmonds, the Songwriting team of The Men They Couldn't Hang. They released the lo-fi album "Baby Fishlips" in 2000. It was mixed and engineered by Alon Adiri (of Dub Syndicate). Swill tell's how the concept for 'Baby Fishlips' first came about; "Since the beginning of The Men They Couldn't Hang back in 1984 I have always wanted to try something simpler, something more stripped down. Over the last year or two I have often discussed this idea with Paul and finally one drunken night in a pub in Acton, West London, we decided that we would definitely do it. A month later we were in the living room of the flat above Paul's - me singing away with my head inside a lampshade (it really gives quite a good reverb effect you know?) and Paul strumming away on the settee. It was great fun recording this way, you just had to keep your fingers crossed that the doorbell wouldn't ring in the middle of a take. Alon Adiri (of Dub Syndicate) was at the controls, he'd worked with us before and we liked his approach. But this was the first time that Paul and I were producing - it's a good feeling knowing that you only have yourself to blame if things go wrong but if things turn out right…". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.