Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast Available On:2LP On Barrett's his second solo

On Barrett's his second solo album

insistent dialogue

his soaring falsetto echoing above an impatient chug of guitars

The old influences of punk

and found themselves immersed into an hours-long jam

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast Available On:2LP On Barrett's his second soloReleased in May 2000 to widespread acclaim, 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast' beat other shortlisted nominees including Coldplay, Doves, Leftfield and Richard Ashcroft to that year's Mercury Music Prize. Like all great debuts, it captured the zeitgeist of the moment, managing that rare feat of sounding both completely of its time, and utterly timeless. The album went platinum and Damon was then asked to write the soundtrack the film of Nick Hornby's book