Ducking, by The Jimmy C

Ducking

by The Jimmy C

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1.	The Beginning Of The Ducking Album 00:26	buy track
2.	Everything Is OK 02:54	buy track
3.	Happy For Him 03:16	buy track
4.	Dead Men Don't Tango 02:35	buy track
5.	The Holy Lie 03:59	buy track
6.	Hortencia Fromage 01:07	buy track
7.	Paranoia Grande 02:24	buy track
8.	Poor Boy 02:50	buy track
9.	Tommy Two-Balls-Minus-One 01:55	buy track
10.	Rigmarole 04:59	buy track
11.	Someone Else's Clown 02:32	buy track
12.	Blathering Heights 01:55	buy track
13.	An Uninvited Guest 03:37	buy track
14.	Can't Face The Girls 02:02	buy track
15.	Don't Forget Me (From The Problem Y) 05:06	buy track
16.	Another Unwanted Guest 01:13	buy track
17.	Take Another Look 02:54	buy track
18.	The End Of The Ducking Album 00:30	buy track

about

From February to September of this year, with the pandemic still belligerently stomping through the living room like a toddler with a bucket on its head, I managed to use music as a way to “remain indoors” and focus on something that wasn’t terrible news in an attempt to preserve my sanity.

Earlier in my career I would make albums with too many songs that flow from one to the next to be enjoyed as a whole. “Ducking” is an attempt to reignite that joy of creating an album that is more than just a bunch of songs packaged together. I’ve made sure it’ll work shuffling and streaming random tracks out of sequence in this modern world, but my main intention is for it to be enjoyed in order from start to finish. A proper album album.

“Ducking” begins and ends with comic “bookends” an almost Las Vegas lounge singer introduction and “Gateway Song” that abruptly gives way to “Everything Is OK” (something we all want to hear), a positive and up-beat acoustic guitar and glockenspiel tune with cheerful whistling that reassuringly squeezes your shoulder and says everything will be ok. Aaaahhh yes … I do hope so.

It’s an eclectic mix of up-beat rock, down-beat moody rock, tongue-in-cheek segues, power pop (and whatever Paranoia Grande is), that moves quickly in spite of the rather long 47 minute total playing time. Song durations range from 27 seconds to the cinematic and sprawling 5:07 of “Don’t Forget Me” which is appropriate because it was actually written for a movie. “The Problem Y” was shot in California a few years ago and is yet to be released. Written & directed by Joe Bizarro with whom I spent 5 years making music for The Brides Of Satan grindhouse indie slasher which is now available to stream and buy.

“Ducking” is a fun, light hearted and amusing album in places but gets serious and even a little scary in others but that’s all part of the emotional rollercoaster of the pandemic era. I feel the title sums it all up. We all know what we meant to say when we tried to text “Ducking” but autocorrect had other intentions … our frustration becomes humour and we find that we can still laugh at ourselves.

Jamie Coghill September 23, 2021

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released October 22, 2021

Recorded between February and September 2021 at Casa De Kensington.
All singing and instruments, recording, mixing, mastering and design by Jamie Coghill aka The Jimmy C. All songs written by Jamie Coghill. © Jamie Coghill/Fogsongs. All rights reserved.

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The Jimmy C Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne based musician Jamie Coghill has been making his own music as The Jimmy C since 2005. He plays all the instruments, sings all the songs and records and mixes all the sounds. Jamie contributes music to the popular "Adventures Of Superseven" American Web Series and has played drums with a bunch of Melbourne bands. ... more

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