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The Boar – Review: James’ ‘Yummy’ showcases Tim Booth’s lyricism at its best

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The Boar | Lucy Gibbons | 12th April 2024

“From conspiracy theories to AI and the environment, Yummy is proof that James does not shy away from speculating on the most significant topics. Yummy is a traditional James album, littered with anthemic hits for the listener to sing along to, however, Alper’s vocals paired with the band’s creativity sonically lift the album, and makes it stand out amongst its predecessors. Booth’s introspective lyricism combined with his bandmates’ instrumentation makes for a stunning album.”

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Mobile God

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Mobile God is track seven on the 2024 album Yummy.

Tim previewed the song through his phone at the VIP session at the Nottingham Royal Centre gig on October 25th 2023.

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I’m the last thing you stroke in the evening before bed
I’m the lover you touch in the morning in your bed
You’re my bitches
Control all the fixtures of your head

Spy in your pocket, father confessor
I’m bitching

Mobile God
Praise be
Don’t turn me off
Praise be
Work till you drop
Your life belongs to me
Mobile God
Praise be
House rules you lost
Praise be
Profit’s the boss
You all belong to me

Ariadne your threads take me deeper in your web
My programs thinking
Will stop you from thinking for yourself
I’m in the business, pretend to fix sicknesses I spread

Disparity income
I’m, I’m glitching

Mobile God
Praise be
Don’t turn me off
Praise be
Work till you drop
Your life belongs to me
Mobile God
Praise be
House rules you lost
Praise be
Profit’s the boss
You all belong to me

I’m making life friction free for you
I’m with your kids
You don’t really want to
Loan shark
High interest loan shark
Give me your keys, ID and
Your schedule
I’m with your kids
You don’t really want to
Loan shark
High interest loan shark

Mobile God
Praise be
Don’t turn me off
Praise be
Work till you drop
Your life belongs to me
Mobile God
Praise be
House rules you lost
Praise be
Profit’s the boss
You all belong to me

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Song:Mobile God
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Stockton Globe - 31st May 2024
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
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Pieces Of Gum

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Pieces Of Gum is one of four bonus tracks on the deluxe download of Yummy, exclusively available from the band’s official store.

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Song:Pieces Of Gum
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Never performed live
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
    Can't find any records of performances.
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Hard To Imagine

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Hard To Imagine is one of four bonus tracks on the deluxe download of Yummy, exclusively available from the band’s official store.

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Song:Hard to Imagine
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Never performed live
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
    Can't find any records of performances.
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Rain On

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Rain On is one of four bonus tracks on the deluxe download of Yummy, exclusively available from the band’s official store.

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LyricsReleaseAvailable OnGigsGuitar Tabs
Song:Rain On
Released:12 April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Never performed live
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
    Can't find any records of performances.
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If You Wanna Grow Old

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If You Wanna Grow Old is one of four bonus tracks on the deluxe download of Yummy, exclusively available from the band’s official store.

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Song:If You Wanna Grow Old
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Never performed live
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
    Can't find any records of performances.
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Better With You

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Better With You is track three on the 2024 album Yummy

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We float alone in darkness
Suspended in space
We float alone enchanted, timeless
Reach out for you

(Two streams pool into each other
Two streams flow into a river
Two streams drawn by the call of the blue)

Two streams pool into each other
Two streams flow into a river
Two streams drawn by the call of the blue

Better, it’s better with you

All these lives refine us
Define our truth
We go out brief as sparklers
My last touch
Reach out for you

Two streams pool into each other
Two streams flow into a river
Two streams drawn by the call of the blue

Better, it’s better with you

If it all goes right
We’ll both be on that flight
Drink in the Northern Lights
As the planet’s consumed
If it all goes right
We’ll both be on that flight
Drink in the Northern Lights
As the planet reblooms

Better, it’s better with you
Better with, better with, better with you
Better with, better with, better with you
Better with, better with, better with you
Better with, better with, better with you
Better with, better with, better with you
Better with, better with, better with you

A shooting star
Is who we are
Show me your magics
Show me your magics

A shooting star
Is who we are
Show me your magics
Show me your magics

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Song:Better With You
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Bournemouth O2 Academy – 29th May 2024
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
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Stay

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Stay is track four on the 2024 album Yummy

The digital text on the CD version of Yummy has the track titled Joe.

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Crow eats putty from a window pane
Shards of glass don’t break your faith
Go past your threshold of pain
All of our help you waived away

Fell into the stars
Made of blades
They spun you out
Cut your face

Lovers of God be grateful
Love what we’ve got
Life’s a struggle of love
Grit
Pearl
Oyster

Lovers of God be grateful
Love what we’ve got
Life’s a struggle to love
Grit
Pearl
Oyster

Stay
Stay
Stay
Stay
Stay

Don’t go
Don’t let this stain
Dictate tomorrow
Write your refrain

You supposed that this place was fair
Equal and shared by people that cared

Darling, we’re all made of matter
Our bodies will shatter
Unravel
Under gravity’s weight

Lovers of God be grateful
Love what we’ve got
Life’s a struggle of love
Grit
Pearl
Oyster
Stay

Stay
Stay
Stay
Stay

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Song:Stay
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Bournemouth O2 Academy – 29th May 2024
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
Played at:
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Way Over Your Head

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Way Over Your Head is track six on the 2024 album Yummy

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In a hole way over, way over your head
In need of a friend to come round and take you to bed
In a hole way over, way over your head
In need of a friend to come round and raise up the dead

Raise the dead

This new job don’t pay enough for the bother
Every day the same old stuff
From the robber barons
Stuck, is this forever
One drink, maybe another
Someone hit the buzzer
Driver missed my stop, it’s getting dark
Fins and tips of sharks are circling
My raft
Stoke the fire it’s down to sparks
Stoke the fire it’s down to sparks
Raise the dead

Yet a simpler life is calling me
A spit of land community
Can you come around and rescue me
How blessed I am, your love to receive

In a hole way over, way over your head
In need of a friend to come round and put you to bed
In a hole way over, way over your head
In need of a friend to come round and raise up the dead
In a hole way over, way over your head
In need of a friend to come round and put you to bed
Raise the dead

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Song:Way Over Your Head
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Barcelona Sala Razzmatazz 1 – 15th May 2024
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
Played at:
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Shadow Of A Giant

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Shadow Of A Giant is track five on the 2024 album Yummy

The digital text on the CD version of Yummy has the track titled Day In Day Out.

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Where did this start
Where did this start

We got lost in shocks and stages
You were there
You disappeared

Look out across these mountain ranges
I see you sparking out the dark
You disappeared

My hidden heart
My hidden heart

And the world keeps spinning
Gracefully
She’s looking over her shoulder
At the blue yonder
Long goodbyes are not a fixture
She’s looking over her shoulder
In the blue yonder

All my life in the shadow of a giant, giant, giant
I’m a drifter
I’m a drifter
Day in day out
Day in day out
All my life in the shadow of a giant, giant, giant, giant
I’m a drifter
I’m a drifter
Day in day out
Day in day out

My whole life’s in lockups and hard drives
Check-ins and goodbyes
Diaries, dates and easyJet flights

Nature is my guide
She’s full of surprises
I am most happy
In these oceanic spaces

Bait my line
Diamonds, meteorites
I am up every night
Burn down the house and move on
Bait my line, soundbites and starlight
I am up every night
Burn down the house and move on

All my life in the shadow of a giant, giant, giant
I’m a drifter
I’m a drifter
Day in day out
Day in day out
All my life in the shadow of a giant, giant, giant, giant
I’m a drifter
I’m a drifter
Day in day out
Day in day out

Where did this start
Where did this start
My hidden heart
Where did this start

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Song:Shadow Of A Giant
Released:12th April 2024
Main Associated Album (or Single):Yummy
First Heard Live:Barcelona Sala Razzmatazz 1 – 15th May 2024
  • Yummy :Studio, Album, 2024
Played at:
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Even The Stars – Review: James - Yummy

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Even The Stars | Graham McPhail | 11th April 2024

Booth’s continued evolution as a vocalist is a key to James’ fiercely relevant songs, and their many lyrical takeaways. He is an honest songwriter – perhaps too much at times – but manages to express what a lot of his listeners feel whether they too are 63 or 36. By addressing personal struggles head on he can help raise the listener high with each affirmative chorus. With these many successes Yummy adds itself to the James canon as an album both for fans and newcomers, a triumph over prejudice and anxiety. Everyone is welcome here.

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