A new album from THE BITTER SPRINGS is such a rare occurrence we thought we'd better make it a double... featuring all the recent download singles on disc for the 1st time plus so much more.the unexpected departure of bassist and original member Daniel Ashkenazy makes this his springs swansong. Wake up from the paranoid dreams and premonitions of "A Better Offer" and then before you've even reached the wardrobe you're putting on the national dress .it suits you. and you wear unhappiness and that's "Cruel Britannia" featuring the joyous horns of terry edwards (tindersticks, scapegoats) find out the real reason why dogs tend to look like their owners on "My Life As A Dog In A Pigsty" sing along in praise of the sea bass loving (pan fried) non fashion conscious lifeboat man while he battles daily against the tides (and chronic indigestion) "Hail The Lifeboatman" (a cartoon series waiting to happen) back in time for the shimmering disco ball hometown lament of "And Even Now" and the relocation of Bobby Womack's "Harry Hippie" to kingston upon thames, and while the "Mollecoddled Laugh" you'll hear the shovel and pickaxe led tale of the hard drinking hard grafting irish men who built the roads and motorways of england in the snappily titled "The Life And Not Entirely Uneventful Times Of A Mc Alpine Fusillier" via the gut spilling false redemption of your "TV Tears" and the sly stone inspired celebration of heartbreak that is "Gary Glitter Fan Convention" we'll reach the anti talent show mentality of "Don't Write A Song" (featuring london's poet laureate johny brown (holy joy) as the birdman of wormwood scrubs) and as the heartfelt message of "The Wounded" once again goes unheeded we'll console ourselves in the simple pleasure's to be had from of a pair of "Your Leather Boots" it's not everyone's cup of tea .''Oh Yes It Is''.. and then of course there's CD 2, "The Bitter Springs Destryoed My Life" Record Label: Harvey Records Style: Independent