Dorian is the last song I’m introducing from Virtual Virgins. The plan was to write about a different song from the album every month and I was determined to get through them all whether or not anyone was reading any of it. So I’m pleased to finally complete the challenge. I partly left this song… …

For the penultimate song-write up from Virtual Virgins, I’m going to say a bit about the title song. The music began as a piano part – the one which plays throughout most of the song. As you can just about make out in the accompanying video, I played it by crossing my thumbs over so… …

When the band I’m in, The Felt Tips, used to have a difficult decision to make, such as the order of a setlist, we’d often jokingly reassure ourselves that it didn’t matter because “nobody cares anyway”. In truth, we knew that although we weren’t exactly U2 there were actually people who listened to us and… …

The song I’m going to introduce for September is Freaky Finance. Last month I introduced Down at the Casino, and Freaky Finance is another song on Virtual Virgins with a money-related theme. It’s about online financial gurus who, if you’re not familiar with them, give advice and tips on how to play the system in… …

For August, I’ll introduce Down at the Casino, which is about gambling, unsurprisingly. My own experience of gambling is the few years I spent in Aberdeen working for one of the big bingo companies. I worked almost everywhere in the hall from the reception desk to being on the floor checking claims. It wasn’t a… …

July’s choice of song to introduce is Cinders. It’s the song from the album that goes back the furthest, as I came up with the initial idea in early 2020, just before Covid-19 and lockdown arrived. At that time I was starting to record my second Jaggy Nettles album of songs based on children’s fairy… …