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If you're familiar with The Fireman's previous output, then 'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' will come as a shock.

On their previous two albums, the experimental outfit formed by Paul McCartney and producer Youth have specialised in wordless, ambient electronica.
By contrast, this track – taken from 'Electric Arguments', the first Fireman album to emerge in 10 years – is a wailing, swampy blues number, with an intriguing link to The Beatles.
Paul McCartney explains:
"'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' is a phrase that an old friend of mine from back in the 60's, a guy called Jimmy Scott, used to say down the clubs. He was actually the guy who originally said 'Ob-la-dee ob-la-da', and I made a song out of that.
"You'd say to him, 'Too much, man' and he'd say, 'No, nothing too much just out of sight.' So I grabbed that and suddenly you could see where it was heading and I followed that trail."
We're a long way from 'Ob-La-Di', however. Indeed, it's hard to remember the last time McCartney sounded quite this ferocious. At times the track recalls the fire-and-brimstone intensity of Spiritualized, while the frantic coda finds Sir Paul whimpering like a dog over scabrous bursts of slide guitar. 'Flaming Pie' it is not.
Download The Fireman's Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight
'Electric Arguments' is released on November 24 on One Little Indian Records.
Photo: Ruth Ward
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