A Song Is A City

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The specter of Eskimo Joe’s home city, Fremantle, looms large over their second album. Penned during a fertile period in the region’s musical history, much of the LP was demoed in Eskimo Joe’s jam room in Baker Street, which they shared with contemporaries such as Gyroscope, End of Fashion, The Sleepy Jackson, and Little Birdy. Indeed, the song “This Room” reflects on the mess bassist/vocalist Kav Temperley would often find when arriving there following other bands’ session. That me, however, is also a metaphor for his crumbling relationship (“All I know is [she’s] never impressed by me”), which informs much of the album’s lyrical content, particularly the title track (“I think I’ve had an affair,” he sings). .

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