New demo: David Bowie's On Sale

"What you leave behind, you leave behind; Half a memory from another time"

 We've been recording again at La Universal in Hospitalet, this time, electrically. Is that rhythm a result of being in Spain too long? Is that guitar line from a spaghetti western? Who else is on sale? Only two ways of finding out...

Lyrics here.










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