Mark Wynn –
No Fun (Not That One)
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Out Now
Solo
singer-songwriter of anarchic guitar poetry, Mark Wynn releases his new
album.
Being a
supporter of Burnley FC in the 80s and 90s always guaranteed several
things. Raised hopes, sporadic success,
and crashing dreams the norm for everyone.
For me there was the addition of Oxo and meat & potato pies, being
crushed on the terraces and someone pissing in your pocket (thankfully not
mine!). There was also the No Nay Never
fanzine which was hugely anticipated with its (ir)regularly released issues.
Away from
the stadium were other fanzines.
Fanzines about music, fanzines about College/University life, even
fanzines about fanzines. Sadly they died
away. It is therefore nice that cds from
Mark Wynn should appear stapled neatly into his own fanzine (or is the fanzine
attached to the cd?).
Hailing from
the beautiful city of York, from which he is born and bred, Mark plays his one
man catalogue with heart and soul. Maybe
sometimes recording his own voice and/or instruments before performing over
them again to create a ‘bigger’ sound, Mark is a punk star in the making thirty-something years too late. He would have
nestled in amongst the ‘less serious’ punk brigades of the 70s quite
easily. That aside, there is still room
for him to thrust his wit and whim upon us.
Essentially
he’s a poet. Like a John Cooper-Clarke
if you will, or a storyteller, ironically like a Ray Davies. Ironic, because one of the finest moments on
No Fun (Not That One) is the hilarious Ray Davies Stole My Songs. He’s obviously too young to even remember Ray
and Dave, but it doesn’t stop him revelling in his anger of the brothers. There’s even an excerpt of All Day And All Of
The Night thrown in for good measure.
She Fancies
Me That One In Age Concern is equally funny if not disheartening. Why does he never find any bargains in
charity shops, and does Claire really love him?
We’ll probably never know.
No Fun (Not
That One) is crude and often in dire need of de-distorting, but it’s its sheer
rawness that makes it appealing. It
won’t set the world on fire but it may just make you want to play with the
matches a little.
8/10
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