Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Expectations High For "Low Expectations"

 

    

 

From their 2015 E.P. "Australia," please listen in wonder to Richard & Linda's daughter Kami Thompson and her husband, guitarist extraordinaire and current Pretender James Walbourne doing business as The Rails, and their absolutely gorgeous cover of Edwyn Collins' "Low Expectations."

I'm sure I've shared this somewhere before, but I listened to "Australia" yesterday, a fantastic set of seven songs that all reading should dial up toot sweet, and the beauty of their voices together really got to me.

Edwyn Collins wrote a terrific song, but The Rails take it to another level.

11 comments:

  1. Is it the drugs or was this once an entry about a wizard named Todd?

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    1. I don't know what you are talking about.

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    2. A Gemini deep dive; Rundgren, does he reference a lyric, etc.with B/W and you get a glowing review of B/W and our host

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  2. Lovely song and performance. Melody is cousin to Thirteen by Big Star.

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  3. We need way more Rails music!!!

    My guess is Kami wants to be a stay home mom. That is not a snide comment just the possible reality of a family life.

    Captain Al

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  4. Gorgeous. Check out their cover of Kami's mother's song Mudlark off of the album Proxy Music as well.
    rs

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  5. Oh my. The Reggae album of the week is the real shit.

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  6. Excellent. I wish they would do more!

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  7. Found The Rails album on Spotify as Other People from 2018…has 14 tracks and it’s excellent!

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