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Irvine Welsh & The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra "A Man In Love With Love"

Irvine Welsh & The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra MEN IN LOVE

This is going to be a longer entry than most, so please bear with me.

Last Friday would have been my dad's 72nd birthday, had he not passed away from cancer in the Spring of 2014, but I think he may have loved this.

When this album first showed up in my Bandcamp music feed I was curious. "Wasn't Irvine Welsh the author of the book Trainspotting?" I thought to myself, wondering why he would be making an album. Turns out this is the companion soundtrack to his latest novel, Men In Love, that takes place in the same world as Trainspotting (I'm not entirely sure if it's a prequel or sequel).

That said, Welsh thought that a soundtrack needed to coincide with the book, and honestly, I love it. Sure, I'm linking just the first track, but the entire album is great, so much so that for my money, this is my favorite album of 2025 (so far). This is a touch surprising for me; as you can see from this blog I'm usually the guy that likes music that goes boop-boop-beep, with the occasional punk song thrown in.

An enite album of modern-day disco tracks laden with soul, funk, and even Motown influences, was not on my bingo card for this month's Bandcamp Friday, yet, here we are.

That's why I love music so much.

Sometimes it surprises you, rekindling memories of good times and happy moments, or, in this case, ties me to my father so many years after his passing. I can see myself driving with him in his blue SUV as I played this for him, watching him nod along as he pretended not to like it. I can distinctly hear his voice again, like the time he confessed to me that he actually liked most of the music that I shared with him even though he appeared so stoic.

So yeah, though he never heard this album it still connects me to him.

Good music does that.

Happy Monday!

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