UK based singer-songwriter Vinny Peculiar [aka Alan Wilkes] has been variously described as "an under-sung national treasure" (UNCUT Magazine) and "the missing link between Jarvis Cocker and Roger McGough" His various bands have included ex members of The Smiths, Oasis, The Fall & Aztec Camera and he's collaborated with Bill Drummond and Luke Haines along the way. 'Return of the Native' is his fourteenth studio album; eleven songs inspired by his return, after many years a northern wag, to his Worcestershire roots.
Glam Rock inspired opener 'The Grove & The Ditch' is all local gang rivalries, Rocky Horror misfits and Tony Blackburn's infamous radio breakdown moment, pummelling guitars and walls of feedback combine. The effervescently jangling 'Malvern Winter Gardener' is a tribute to Malvern Winter Gardens, home to many a classic Rock show of Vinny's youth, a faded Rock star narrator relives the glory days long gone.Videos