{"product_id":"songs-about-love-dreams-and-domestic-appliances","title":"Songs about Love, Dreams and Domestic Appliances","description":"\u003cp\u003eLen was dubbed 'Legendary' by John Peel when the late, great BBC Radio DJ championed his first vinyl EP, A Remedy For Bad Nerves, which was an NME Single of the Week 35 years ago this month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the late 1980s and early 1990s, Len occasionally took time out to release further critically-acclaimed solo EPs when not busy touring or recording with Leeds-based bands The Ukrainians, The Wedding Present and the lesser-known Sinister Cleaners. Songs about Love, Dreams \u0026amp; Domestic Appliances is a collection of twenty inspired, observational and quirky tracks from this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLen's songs are populated with sad personalities - products of a cruel world: an untidy research scientist called Zoe, a soon-to-be evicted Russian barber from Brixton called Yuri, a crabby homeless man in Leeds, point-scoring TV politicians and characters obsessed by food, space travel, texting and the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe songs are quintessentially English observations: a far cry from Len's folk-rooted Ukrainian-language-singing alter ego as founder member of internationally acclaimed Cossack folk-punk group The Ukrainians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs about Love, Dreams \u0026amp; Domestic Appliances features guest appearances from members of the original, classic line-up of the Wedding Present as well as members of The Ukrainians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"zirka records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50508355567947,"sku":"1093464","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/95dbdf5b-2042-4629-9f0a-8cdb983ae48e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727858143","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/songs-about-love-dreams-and-domestic-appliances","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}