 14 tracks in total, but talking to Good Value Albums, we welcome along the next guest and it's George Houston. George, how are you? Hang on, there we go. George, you're up with us a few times, but this time you're up because your debut album's just been launched. Second album, I beg your pardon. I'm not getting you right there now. Hang on, let's see. Am I right? Just give us a 1-2 on it. 1-2, 1-2. No, something not right here. We swapped them makes around Jimmy, just. Anyway, George has just released his, uh, brand, is that it there? 1-2, 1-2. Ah, perfect, George. Perfect. The album, I beg your pardon, sorry. You're okay. It's been a busy couple of years for you because, you know, you've been writing away and doing bits and pieces. Hi. The album, how many tracks in total? Uh, 11 tracks. On the 11th to 11th, I'm all about numbers. All right, the 11th to 11th. Now, first of all, I have to apologize actually because I messaged George and he says, you're all right for tonight, George. And he was, you told me in the new year, there's been a lump in through my head this last while, right? So, and unfairly she came up, I'm the worst, because I said to Jimmy, did you messaged George? He said, did you not messaged George? No, it's okay. And I thought to George, no, he wasn't, but we had a promo going. But look, regardless, we'd love you to come up in the new year again and sing for us too. Hi, my uncle Charles was saying, oh, so you're coming on Monday and he says, I don't know, I've not heard of anything, but apparently I am and I'm here now, so it's okay. And thanks indeed for that because you did, you know, you could have just said, no, I'm not, I've come up in the new year. The album, you have it on Spotify and everything, you're playing. That's an absolutely cracking album. Thank you very much. Really, really good radio friendly album. Thank you. And all the tracks written by yourself. Yep. Are you proud of the album? Very, very proud, there's a lot of work went into it. Maybe writing for five years and then recording over one year. So just it's great to have it over and done with live music. Have you been doing anything out and about? Yeah, here and there, I suppose, festival seasons over. It's all more intimate gigs now, but I'll be supporting Hot House Flowers in December at the Guild Hall, which is exciting for me. I've never, I don't think I've ever been with such an amazing band before. I have, but such a high caliber, it's very exciting. It is, by the way, and the Guild Hall is a great venue. Oh yes, beautiful. A lot of music coming from the Guild Hall this last while, which is a great venue, you use it when it's there, you know. The festival seasons over, had you a busy summer? I went to Stendall and went to a couple of festivals. It was lovely, lovely weather, singing outside. And the reaction, you're happy with the reaction and stuff. Oh yeah, people are very friendly. Of course they are, because you're a great musician, you sing and a songwriter. Listen, we'd love to get a track from the album, if you don't mind. The first one you're going to do first is? New Friends. Yep. Whenever. Whenever you're ready. It's about old friends, ironically. OK, they're busy again. Don't go crying or hating. You knew they'd be late for you, so don't act surprised when you're waiting. Can't teach an old dog new tricks. Don't need a fix or a mend. So don't expect to get what you give. Give up and make some new friends. Give up, give up and make some new friends. Give up, give in, give up and make some new friends. I don't expect to get what I give. Give up and make some new friends. You push it back again. You can say, what to do and where to go. I don't want to be a friend, but you know it takes to the tangle. Maybe I'm too pushy. Maybe I'm juvenile. Maybe you're these unanswered questions, I won't be worth a mile, while, cause Can't teach an old dog new tricks Don't need to fix her a man, so Don't expect to get what you give Give up and make some youth And make some new friends, I Don't expect to get what I give Give up and make some new friends To give up Don't expect to get what I What I give a giver I'll give him high Don't expect to get what I give Give up and make some new I'll make some new I'll make some new I'll make some new friends To get what I give Give up and make some new friends Brilliant, actually, brilliant You're so unique When you hear, you know When I listen to your album It's unusual, not unusual in a sense But I look forward to the next song And I listen to your album Entirely, at about a time I listen to every track made through That doesn't happen a lot You know, sometimes you listen to maybe one or two In a thriller sort of a way Or a curious I'm curious, but curious in a way That I was enjoying it so much Thank you very much What inspired the album for you? Well, it's not It's sort of, I write loads and loads of songs And they're all kind of different And they're about different things And then when I'm writing albums I want to think of it like a playlist So when I was putting all the songs together It was sort of each of the songs There's something lost And it's kind of dealing with losing Maybe a relationship or a friendship Or loss, I suppose, of different sorts Is there one theme run through that album for you? Is that what... Yeah, just Ah How different people grieve And how you grieve at different situations Things like that, I suppose Excellent Excellent Did you sit down and write these songs For the album? No Specifically, all of these are songs That have been about for a while They've been about Well, some of them have been about For maybe five years Since the 17 or 18 But it's when I sat down To make the album, record it That's when I put the ones that I thought Matched each other together Excellent Where'd you record the album? Full tilt studios Oh, come on Tommy now Yeah, with Tommy And with Ori McBrady Oh, yeah A producer in... Oh, is it Romel? No, Rathmore And I always mix the two up No, it's Don Fanny Oh, yeah Yeah, he lives up there Of course Well, listen It's a credit It's really, really good Are you pleased with the... Sort of So far Now that it's out there Yeah, it's been best released so far So it's good to see that there's Some sort of growth there And that it's not going downhill No, it can't go downhill It's just been always If people want to get the album On the hard copy Just for example, is it available? Yeah, it's CDs on my Etsy Should be easy to find From my Instagram or on my Etsy Or Facebook And the... Of course, digital form It's on all the platforms as well Yeah, it's everywhere I suppose I'll get it I'll have it everywhere Absolutely So, what's the plans coming now? You say for the next To be on a gig sort of lined up? Just that one in Derry I am planning a little Many pub tour across Ireland Maybe get Dublin and Go away in Belfast And a couple up here Just... That's the plan really for next spring But nothing... You're not full-time are you? I'm full-time Oh, you're a full-time musician Excellent Keeping at it You see the singers The style of music that you have Who would inspire that for you? What singer would you sort of... I suppose singers like David Bowie and Kate Bush They're obviously great songwriters But they don't take genre too seriously Like they go from this genre to the next And I love that about them Like they're not set in stone They're different every time Which is lovely So, if people hear a George Houston album They're not necessarily going to hear the same style In the next album No Guaranteed Well, I hope so anyway I get bored of myself Oh, right Yep Was there music in the house going up in here? Oh, yeah All the time We were... We didn't have to We were encouraged to learn instruments And we were listening to the radio And the CDs and albums every day Which was lovely Of course That's brilliant to see Brilliant George Houston said Marie Houston Or Marie is Marie That's Marie That's Marie Marie said You're brilliant, of course And Mary Holmes is so proud of George Love his music and love him There you go So thank you very much indeed, Mary Thank you So As regards your gigs Well, I suppose it's too early yet It's too early for you to sort of Put the album out at the gigs Have you got it available As in hard copies, like? Oh, it's out everywhere now Available everywhere When did you launch it? The 11th to the 11th November 11, 11 I'm mad about my numbers And neurology and all that stuff Even though it probably makes no difference I'm sure If it makes you happy There's no problem Just love George Weldon Highland supporting local artists Well, you see, the local artists Support us And we do appreciate it We love having them up here And Keelan, they've went out there Keelan Brown said You're brilliant I was class There you go Right Another track, if you don't mind And one you're going to do for us Is Do you need to chin up? I can take an outbreak if you want I'm grand I don't mind That's good Where you go This one is This is called On Desired It's the title track to the album And there is an acoustic version out tonight So might as well let people know Excellent On Spotify Oh, you're launching Spotify tonight Yeah, a little acoustic version of the song Just Right Because some people aren't into the full band thing Which is bear It's nice to have a range Right So this is On Desired You see My Slow Linger Wasn't the thing that shows I'm losing confidence You're the thing girl Makes me singin' Jokin' Laughin' I guess Sorry never seems the hardest word When I'm asking You'd love me Just a boy In front of a girl And it turns me on To be so damn on Desired Feel like I'm in For the job Except I'm already fired That'd be the thing That stops those butterflies From flying higher Do you think it turns me on To be so damn on Desired Na na na You see My Slow Linger But you make me spell it On So I'd be it Girl Isn't capable of Love outside of a Mer Hardest word When I'm asking You'd love me Just a boy In front of a girl And it turns me on To be so damn on Desired Feel like I'm in For the job Except I'm already fired That'd be the thing That stops those butterflies From flying higher Do you think it turns me on To be so damn on Desired That'd be the thing That stops those butterflies From flying higher Do you think it turns me on Another boy Isn't capable of Love outside of a girl And it turns me on To be so damn on Desired Feel like I'm in For the job Except I'm already fired That'd be the thing That stops those Butterflies From flying That'd be the thing That stops those Butterflies From flying That'd be the thing That stops those Butterflies From flying the thing that stops those. Choked up in the middle. You know that is a title track from George Houston's second album and it's just been released. It's a brilliant album and there is a slightly acoustic version is different to the album version. Both equally as good. Thank you very much. I can say I would say here Georgina Houston says brilliant George hope you're back at Stendhal next summer you're amazing and Alastair Lee love the album George Well done and Donna hello to you Donna says love the album it's absolutely brilliant and we love George Houston said the Flanders FLY Flanders FLY NNLEYS am I saying that right or am I not sure but thank you very much indeed the the this is George Houston and with us today he's playing two tracks from his brand new album and we were delighted to get the album really more we from from you went on to Tommy or Foltelt with your song and the end product did they change in any way uh yeah I suppose they just grow away over the course of them getting recorded but I suppose that's what they're supposed to be at the end I'm not really sure though they take their own but you know what I'm saying sometimes people go and then the producers now go no we'll take it that way or take it that way did anything change dramatically from um well no they're all they're all self produced sort of I have an idea at the start and then I think the song it goes in the direction it wants to go in I don't want to force it to sound a certain way if it doesn't suit the song so I just let it song sort of chooses its own songs would you let songs have you any songs ever written that you just have completely let go yeah even halfway through um well I've put pins in some songs and I think I'll come back to them some time yeah have you done that yet have you visited song well I haven't revisited them I've definitely put pins in a lot of songs a lot of singer songwriters that you meet you know they say I'm always amazed by that because obviously something clicks later in life and they go that's for that song man yeah George Houston's with us and uh we'd love to get another track George after this i break is this another track from the album it is I and it'll be I hate love all right very good well we look forward to that George Houston on the 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armacolor jewellers making moments magical for generations ah welcome back i've caught him for nine minutes left the program don't forget coming up after us tonight with the golden year it's the man himself the golden aiden morphe he'll look after you he's waving on there at the minute he's just in makeup at the minute and they've got to work on it from tonight i can tell you he's bigger than me i got a slap in the head fantastic is always george such a great songwriter and lyricist um love the album if a g good stuff george told you all from charles lol yeah that was a person saying that i was on tonight the before i was away my uncle good man charles good you know you're listening oh i did feel bad that he because i i thought we said oh gee but honestly god there's a much nonsense because in my head it seems it's a wonder i even make it up here tonight love the album george well done and i love the album brilliant from donna and well done george south and fab on heiling radio from all at a hilly in uh bunkrana hello and uh happening here says great performance george thank you very much there you go so uh this uh this final track that you're going to do first um tonight and uh we're throwing the invite out you know to come back to us in the new year early thank you okay i'll be here would you remind me please i will the night before you go up you're on now we will we genuinely will and i looked at all the messages you know and it says george we're booked up in the year so very funny honestly god but this this final song sorry george again uh is i hate love i hate love and is this about someone who hates love uh it might be about me very good whatever in your own time george thank you i hate love it makes me cry it makes me really want to die it makes me scream and wonder why i could love somebody like you love hate it makes me sick at least i know now that you're before our love gave me the ick because you you love to hate you back and your compliments my crooked nose it just makes sense it sits on my face i feel like a prince well i'll hand back your compliments i don't need this i don't need your friends i don't need your love i need this to at least you two look good together it picks you up when you're under the weather me sick at least i know now that you're right before i love me cry it makes me really want to die it makes me scream absolutely amazing george houston live in studio great music george keep it lit from and ian larry should uh great to hear george houston on highland love this young man's original songs there you go thank you your original music is absolutely brilliant come here where are you over christmas is uh you playing anywhere in particular people can go along and hear you i'll be in the cottage bar next week in larry kenney for the mouthpiece it's always a lovely night great and then if you want to get tickets to go see the hot house flowers i'll be supporting them um that's all for now and any more information as uh are you on the website or your facebook uh facebook mainly instagram but um facebook and twitter and all of those social media things george houston music or whatever george houston arts oh arts oh that's different than music george the pleasure is lovely seeing you again and uh thank you george houston everyone thank you very much monday night sessions in association with blakes bar