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Northern poet Simon Armitage's "Say Say Say" is addressed "to those in the dark, at the back". Tom McRae evidently views himself as one of those tortured souls, and he borrows the title for his second album from the same poem. It is a poem about slitting your wrists in the bath. For the hell of it. Just Like Blood is the punch line that the failed suicide should supposedly retort when told that "a little love can go a long, long way". Cheerful it is not. Blood, suicide, and love inevitably loom large, but despite the despondency, the 28-year old London-based singer/songwriter's return is a triumph. Just Like Blood has ambitious scope and the courage of its epic convictions. McRae's bruised voice has acquired further subtlety, and his ethereal delivery of "Overth More... (Submit New Tom McRae Lyrics) (Submit New Tom McRae Lyrics)  Download "Tom McRae" Music | |
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