Darren Hayman/ The Wave Pictures/ Elizabeth Morris - I Know I Fucked Up

During January 2011 Darren Hayman wrote and a song every day. Each
song was accompanied by a video, a making of featurette, drawings and
song notes, all released for free online. The results can be seen at http://
januarysongs.tumblr.com/ . To assist him, Darren called in the favours from
his musical friends including Terry Edwards, Ballboy, The Voluntary Butler
Scheme and many more.

Two of the most popular and successful collaborations were with Elizabeth
Morris (singer-songwriter with the youthful and energetic Allo Darlin) and the
Wave Pictures (obscenely talented guitar soloing troubadours).

“I Know I Fucked Up”, sung by Elizabeth and written by Darren, is amongst
the most painfully forlorn songs he has ever written – a heartfelt apology sung
amongst the wreckage and detritus of a destroyed relationship.

“Who Hung the Monkey”, performed by Darren with the Wave Pictures, is a
surreal, travelogue pop song taking in Hartlepool, Shooters Hill and “Goats
Head Soup” by the Rolling Stones.

In keeping with the cottage industry style release of January Songs, every
copy of this seven inch will come with a hand painted sleeve by all of the
artists. The record will be available primarily from www.hefnet.com and some
specialist record shops.

A similarly, unusual physical release of January Songs will take place in
January 2012.

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