Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark delivers a chilling playground collision between Discharge and Glam Rock, opening with a Hitchcockian (that would be Sir Alfred) frenzy of noise before the tune's intensity builds layer upon layer until the oddly contemporary lyrics are delivered in the voice of the disaffected.

Three Blind Mice meanwhile eschews any words and carving knives in favour of a brassy carnivalesque feel as the mice, sporting shades purchased from Walt Jabsco, party blue-beat style to the sound of distant steel drums.

Q: So, why these tunes in particular?

A: "I decided to look at new ways of playing nursery rhymes in response to listening to a lot of Albert Ayler recordings. I've never considered myself to be a jazz player and 
there's a certain awkwardness about some British musicians aping African-American music, so thought I'd look into my own musical heritage. As I have very little time for the type of folk music associated with weird-beards, real ale
and the like, I pursued nursery rhymes.

The political aspect of some of the rhymes was of some interest - a lot of them are about religion (Catholic vs Protestant), but there are others about taxation (Baa Baa Black Sheep) & unemployment (Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark). Some are London-specific too, which appeals to me. That aside, I just like the tunes. This single highlights two tunes, hopefully an album's worth will follow...".