The happy guide to Iori's people

by Son Capson

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1.	Iori yr anfarwol 04:37	lyrics	buy track
Lawr ger y mor Ma na bentref bach del bobol lloer wyneb yn fyw mewn hedd Tan un diwrnod daeth llofrudd i ymweld a fesul tipyn malodd y lleuad yn friwsion Lawr ger y mor ma na fryn llawn hadau yn aros i cael ei magu gan Iori yr anfarwol
2.	Uncle Bomber 04:59	lyrics	buy track
When Bomber was a little boy his old man kept him from the hoi palloi to turn him into the real McCoy Pigs pigs pigs and pigs One day his old man said "now son, come with me and hold this gun whatever you do don't tell your Mum" Pigs pigs pigs and pigs Uncle Bomber Bomber became very withdrawn stuttered from dawn till dawn questioned why he had to be born Pigs, pigs, pigs and pigs And from that day if his old man called He'd hide inside the bearing wall wrap himself in a plastic shawl Pigs, pigs, pigs and pigs Bomber the Radnor boy dying to stay alive evading the dogs at night the closer they approach the quieter they bark the quieter they bark Matilda's at the door He quietly withdraws to choreograph his move the dance of avoidance the dance of the dance of the dance of avoidance Uncle Bomber
3.	Emporium dream 02:34	lyrics	buy track
Llywelyn Lloyd riding hands free and belting out 'The Launch' Knocks a Skoda and does a summersault into Mrs Bennett's wall Tomorrow We'll make history tomorrow We're forever free cause you and I we're going to float down stream and live out our emporium dream Llywelyn Lloyd sitting on a stool pinching his mangled hooter See's me staring and draws his finger slowly in a cut-throat gesture Tomorrow all will be revealed tomorrow my ego ideal cause you and I we're going to float down stream and live out our emporium dream
4.	Wimpy Jimmy the hypnotist 03:58	lyrics	buy track
A gold mannequin in Wimpy Jimmy's sink my frontal cortex is starting to shrink the window in the kitchen is rattling hard a gold mannequin in Wimpy Jimmy's sink there's a gold mannequin in Wimpy Jimmy's sink A bagger excavator in Wimpy Jimmy's yard "Your stubborness won't get us very far.... but mine will" he whispers slyly to me a bagger excavator in Wimpy Jimmy's yard there's a bagger excavator in Wimpy Jimmy's backyard The hypnotist Bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye The hypnotist Serving out Wimpy Jimmy's baba ganoush My brain's a trumpet and he plays it detuned Shuffling room to room in the figure of eight I'm serving out Wimpy Jimmy's baba ganoush serving out Wimpy Jimmy's baba ganoush Sinking through the hypnotist's Persian rug The more i try to pull away the harder it tugs Jimmy's only got trepanning on his mind Sinking through the hypnotist's Persian rug I'm sinking through the hypnotist's Persian rug Bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye The hypnotist Bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye The hypnotist
5.	Alaw Iori 01:06	info	buy track
6.	Schadenfreude 03:06	lyrics	buy track
Schadenfreude a toast to the errors of the connoisseur cackling at the big mouth with his toungue under a hex Schadenfreude feasting on the ruins of the proud amateur smiling and waving at the thug chasing the bus Morsel of the moon falling down with a thunderous sound Landing in the garden crushing the mandevilla Nid ddaw deigryn o'r oriel Schadenfreude filming the sacking of a klutzy masseur applauding the singer paraded in a flute of shame Morsel of the moon falling down with a thunderous sound Landing in the garden crushing the mandevilla Nid ddaw deigryn o'r oriel
7.	Summer of gout 03:03	lyrics	buy track
The man with a cigar scented vape hobbling around this village at night exhaling butterflies waking up John y Saer oh my days D.O.'s summer of gout Inflammatory Blasphemy he shouts D.O.'s summer of gout D.O.'s summer of gout It's a hot little summer of gout The man with a moon for a torso trying to escape from his podagra breaks into a skoda walking aid on the throttle oh my days D.O.'s summer of gout Inflammatory Blasphemy he shouts D.O.'s summer of gout D.O.'s summer of gout It's a hot little summer of gout He's just a man strong as an ox man knock your block off man acid in the joint man acid in the joint man acid in the joint man crystalised acid in the joint man
8.	The house of year-long honesty 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Inside inside inside The house of year-long honesty Laid-back Monty Don lookalike whistling in the porch Telling me that he has seen Soots the cat entering Swn-y mor Oh no! Is Dad the moon-shaped murderer? Inside inside inside The house of year-long honesty Mother says he's telling lies probing with her Rick Stein eyes "Why did you bring in bwci bo into this bloody house?" Oh no! Is Dad the moon-shaped murderer? Was that him outside digging earlier? There's word going around someone's tampered with the ground on the track at the back of Lunaria Inside inside inside The house of year-long honesty
9.	Chamomile 03:45	lyrics	buy track
The pith on his lap ignored by the dog He quietly encloses in his tissue The old man alone on the farm watching the lace weaver in the north facing window Nancy died a long time ago A blunt secateur gripped tightly in his hand He tries to open a tin of harricot beans The old man humming 'Blue bayou' with panting breath he awaits the looming growls of Cwn Annwn Nancy died a long time ago
10.	The quest for Suo gan 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Alex, we marched through town like some phalanx armed with casio keys Through the smoke from the lime scented vapes a panto mist landscape Alex, you conquered Islamey at the Palace no one could believe But I witnessed your most difficult mind temporarily free I've still got the letters you sent their stored on an electronic cloud somewhere There's one where you talk about a day you spent on a quest for an old Welsh hymn somewhere Alex, to this day I regret that I didn't say these words at your wake Your soul was the ghost of Russian composer Mily Balakirev
11.	Mallt-y-nos 04:34	info	buy track
12.	Iori's people (Sea song) 05:30	lyrics	buy track
She arrived at the harbour Last night in disguise Her sunhat was a tower Of alstroemeria She travelled to the village Along the coastal path Pulling a giant structure Veiled in violet lunaria It’s the long-awaited mosaic Of shattered fine china Shiny sequins, sunken eyes A portrait of Matilda One by one by one by one Iori’s people She guided Hayden Willis Down to the wooden ship A new moon appeared She sailed them towards it

about

Following a much deserved 8 year absence, Son capson return with 'The happy guide to Iori's people', an album of 12 homespun songs exploring life and death in a small-Welsh village by the sea. The album was leisurely written and recorded by Liam Percy George during 2021 and was massively inspired by two juxtapositional events; the passing of his sister-in-law, and the birth of his daughter.

The lyrics of the album were heavily influenced by Welsh folklore and mythology, such as the stories of Mallt-y-nos, Cŵn Annwn and, well, just those really. The films of Czech director and animator Karel Zeman also shaped the imagery behind some of the songs on the album. Cheers Zeman.

Thanks to the internet, the album features actual musicians. The album features musicians from Brazil, Italy, Wales and Serbia. These wonderfully gifted people helped steer the direction of the album. and just may have spared me from the flute of shame.

Iori is a 'chieftan' type of character, central to the essence of the village, who orchestrates proceedings and weaves in and out of the lives of everyone close by. Some say he's a moon-faced, immortal bastard...our only hope ,in finding a new green world

No seagulls were harmed in the making of this album.

credits

released November 9, 2022

Liam Percy George - vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, mouth organ, accordion, drums, percussion

Nicola Manzan - violin, viola

Edwin Humphreys - saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, clarinet

Buca Gitarista - Bouzouki, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon guitar

Elin Haf Taylor - Cello

Gwion Owen - acoustic guitar, slide guitar

Matheus Abner - trombone, trumpet

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Son Capson Wales, UK

.....Music project by Liam Percy George.....a fatty livered mango lover.....Prosiect cerddoriaeth gan Liam Percy George

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