Keeley Really : Why Can't You Say I Look Nice When I Look Nice?/Sleeperman (Chippy Records)
Sleeperman’s prolific releases continue apace through their own singles club. My back is turned and two more gems emerge from the Chippy Records HQ – each cementing Sleeperman’s engaging identity as a band whose music is elegantly and accessibly crafted, with lyrics of nostalgia and social comment striking symphonies with half-centurians like myself. “Keeley Really” – the featured track of their April release – recounts the life of Keeley, a 24-year-old single mum of three. Interspersed with the humour – “She’s in the garden overdoing her Harpham suntan ‘til her legs look like she dipped them in a chip pan” is an impassioned encouragement for Keeley to make the best of her life – “But life’s too short for low-fat spread – butter both sides and have jam on it instead…..life can’t be all weekdays and no weekends”. https://www.facebook.com/stephen.skinner.148/videos/10214664547501557/?t=36 “Keeley Really” is a difficult track to eclipse, but for me its companion – “The Places Tha