A song about living in a toxic relationship with someone that uses and manipulates you, in various ways, and it gets stronger the longer you put up with it and stay involved.

Musically I think I was maybe influenced by later Depeche Mode on this one?

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

A song about sitting in my flat looking out the window on a rainy day, and I think I must have been a bit sad?

The chorus is actually a poem written by my friend's young daughter - Abigail Wojick - so if you ever see this Abby get in touch, lol. I was struck by the beautiful simplicity of her words.

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

Written about a girlfriend in my 20's. The song is full of expectation and excitement, and reflects on how someone can change your emotional state when they enter your life, and how you look forward to the future.

For the music geeks most of the Saxophone is from the original demo - which I played on an Ensoniq ASR-10 - Ensoniq made the Mirage - the first affordable sampling keyboard). I seem to remember the original piano was played by my friend Paul?

I'm not sure it sounds particularly 80's, but I feel it's just a good strong song.

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

A song written about a crazy jealous girlfriend I had who tried to destroy my photo album - remember those? (the photo album I mean, not the crazy girlfriend, lol).

For the geeks out there you can clearly hear the original Roland TR707 drum machine and Sequential Circuits Prophet synth mixed in here ad there :-)

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

Written for / about my girlfriend Sian. It's one of the most romantic and sexiest songs I've written lyrically ... makes me blush, lol. I don't think it sounds a s strongly 80's as some of the others tracks, but I am quite pleased with the overall soundscape and arrangement.

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

This is from a demo in the late 1980's that was never released. I feel it's got a very strong 80's dance club vibe, and I think some Human League influence probably.

It's only got about a dozen words, lol, which summarise the end of a relationship in a 100% succinct and non emotional way.

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

This song was written about a friend of mine who was having trust issues with her boyfriend. Even so, it's a lively upbeat song, with an ultimately optimistic message. I've managed to keep the original late 80's feel I think?

As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

A simple song about the end of a relationship. The phrase 'Hey Hey' is basically the sound of resignation. It's also known as my "La-la-la" song because of the end section, lol. As with all the tracks on Early Years it was rescued and revived from demo's created in the 1980's and 1990's that were never released.

A song all about hoping that the next day will be better than the last. Sometimes we just drag ourselves through daily life, just 'turning the wheel', and hoping that something will make our life better one day. This is a song about that.

A song about being independent, and people saying you are "living the dream" but you really don't feel like that. It's got a sort of Indie Pop feel maybe? My youngest daughter Olivia made the cover art :-)