Spitzer Space Telescope - The Spitzer Space Telescope Sampler

All three EPs collected on one limited, vinyl-only compilation.

Continuing his penchant for direct, Clancey Brothers-inspired folk songwriting, ‘All The Girls Ashore’ contains all of his distinctive hallmarks - vocals belted at the top of his lungs, arrangements kept sparse and melody pushed firmly to the fore, featuring vocal harmonies from Mareva Lindo and David McKindley-Ward.

A rare case of MacDonald - who typically writes all of his own material - ‘ borrowing’ a melody from pre-existing folk tune, ‘All The Girls Ashore’ takes its melody from a French whaling song called ‘Pique La Baleine’, as he explains: “The only example of a melody I didn’t write. I liked the melody, and I wrote English lyrics to it. I don’t even know what the French is talking about. That track is just a blatant love letter to sea shanties, one of my home base music traditions.”