Return Of The Wolf.

Yes, i've been away for forever but I 1. couldn't be bothered and 2. Actually have proper work to do almost every night. The nights that I don't are spent sleeping. That's how knackered I am. I've also not really been listening to that much modern music, really. Plus Pop Boy's posts are so fucking huge and full of actual thought-out content that there's hardly a point of me bothering. But anyway...

One of me and Pop Boy's favourite singer songwriters (even though it's mean to throw him in tha category and make him sound like a total Blunt) has returned. Patrick Wolf is, as many of you will know, one of the most interesting solo artists of this decade. His last two albums have combined folk, electronica and various other stylings to provide us with two slices of music brilliance.

And now he's back! His new album, "The Magic Position" is due out sometime in early 2007 (Feburary. Yes, that far away. Though it'll probably be out back even further. Bastards.) and his new single "Accident Emergency" is nothing short of ACE.

It's out next month and the video is currently being shown on NME.com. But because it's the NME and they're rubbish and make you register just to see the only thing you give a flying fuck about on their entire website, i'm going to provide the goods myself. Well not the video, but an mp3! Which is sort of better, because you can listen to it on other things like your big CD player or shiny new iPod, but you don't get to see Patrick clambering about with his nice new red hair. Hmm.*

DOWNLOAD! I apologise in advance to all you high bitrate fiends. The quality is a bit low (128kbps) but it's still listenable and that.

The song sees Patrick drift away from the folksy feel of the last album, "Wind In The Wires" and dabble once again with the electronic sounds of "Lycanthropy." But don't presume this sounds just like another track from that though. A leftover from the first album, no sir! This is lively and anthemic with added horns and electronic nonsense all over it. Catchy as well, which is something you don't usually say for Patrick.

*You can still go and watch the video if you want... I can't stop you. It's on Patrick's artist page.