I’ve got a couple of albums by the ex-Jellyfish guitarist and they confuse the hell out of me. One of them is called “Author Unknown”, and the other is “Can You Still Feel” but has a track on it called “Author Unknown”. Slightly disappointingly, given Falkner’s background in one of the most innovating bunch of 60s throwbacks that the early 90s produced, that’s the most confusing thing about these two albums! If that sounds harsh I apologise… if I’d had a tongue-in-cheek smilie I would have used it… but the fact remains that these are two very straightforward records (of the highest quality nonetheless) that have more in common with the likes of Semisonic than Jellyfish.

This track is from “Author Unknown” (his debut solo album) which just about shades it as the better album of the two I have. It’s much more guitar-driven than Jellyfish naturally, and has some cracking tracks on it – “Don’t Show Me Heaven” and “Afraid Himself To Be” are definitely worth checking out as well. The whole album is, in fact, as is it’s successor. I’m waiting for a slightly cheaper copy of “I’m OK, You’re OK” to come available before seeing whether his good work has continued, it’s trading at the £25 mark right now which is a wee bit too high to tempt the readies out of my pocket.

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