A Model World is the second album by Trainspotter anarcho-Oi! Punks Indignation Meeting who sings about Steam railways and trains that are the bands obsession. They are fronted by 15-year-old Peter Hirst alongside his dad Michael Hirst, Hugo Hatcher, Keith Tyndall, Sally Canlin and Heather Hirst, anoraks are optional.
The album opens with The Trainspotting Song a perfect slice of Spotter punk explaining the joys of standing at the end of a platform taking numbers, writing them in your book. Are the trains on time, no of course they aren't, do they see any rare trains, well listen and find out. Will they rebel and go past the keep out signs to get that snap.
The Talyllyn Railway chugs along like an express, while the ghost of Beecham is dragged from the bowels of the hell in which it resides, the fight to keep the line working, despite the Tories rampant destruction. This is an anthem to the locals struggles to make sure they had a railway fit for Thomas to be its Tank engine.
The Middleton Railway is a speedy history lesson about another legendary line, that now carries people rather than freight.
Model World tackles the thorny subject of funding things properly and making the right people pay all the tax they should, instead of behaving like the next Jilted John.
The Fifth Black Five is the tale of an engine in a siding getting up to well listen and find out, this has a loose chugging riff, with low fi drumming.
Case Study is a rather sad tale of death and destruction in India that is treated dismissively, as just another case study, with no thought for the victims, the tragedy of lives reduced to just another number, they have to learn about at school. Raging against how things are taught.
Loco Motives is a news story about a derailment in Morpeth and why some dimwit decided to commit this act of vandalism. He was apparently rather angry at the railways the numpty.
That Would Never Suit His Grace now smarten yourself up, make sure your hair is in place, your tie done up etc etc, back to the good old days of proper standards, make sure your model railway is a 1000% accurate or face the wrath of his grace.
Small Black Shunter it's done damn good service, has it ever been to the railway mecca of Crewe, no, but it has shunted many of the trains that have, he's proud of his record like he's the cool for cats shunter.
Rhydronen is his second favourite station on the Talyllyn Railway for its rural Welsh Victorian feel, the song is a celebratory romp for mythical railway stations.
Typically English Day spent at the end of a platform, in the wind and rain, all sorts of things happen, in this slow building song, it speeds up, things get angrier and more bitter and twisted in homage to Marc Astronaut.
The album closes with Just For The Record that seems to rework one of Gimp Fists favourite riffs, while taking aim at all the lies and misinformation spread by politicians and the press, about the railways and well every other aspect of life. So don't believe it if they tell you they can do things just as well with half the staff, don't be afraid to go on strike.
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