Art For Art’s 52 Sake

“I think it’s part of an artist’s function to comment on what’s happening during his lifetime,” muses Kevin Godley. “I always did in a way, although maybe in a more light-hearted manner with 10cc. We were like journalists, or film-makers, back then. Whereas with this now, I’m headbutting stuff as opposed to peering at it from around a corner. And even if the character singing it doesn’t answer the question – at least pose the question.”

Pausing only to free one of his dogs who has got “trapped in a door, somehow”, Godley is a fascinating conversationalist, grimly intrigued by our modern world, and it’s that theme that dominates his darkly compelling album, . Implausibly, it’s the first solo record from the 10cc and Godley & Creme graduate. Although the man of myriad talents, now in his mid-70s, resides in the Dublin area, his warm Lancastrian burr still comes through. He’s happy to touch on his years singing and drumming with maverick quartet 10cc, then his forming an avant-pop duo alongside Lol Creme before the pair became groundbreaking, hugely influential video directors, and the videos