Buckle Up Adam Buxton

• 1 Intro 00:46
• 2 I Grated My Thumb 00:49
• 3 Doing it Wrong 02:50
• 4 Pizza Time 03:30
• 5 Dancing in The Middle 02:17
• 6 Standing Still 02:42
• 7 Spiders 02:41
• 8 Tea Towel 03:17
• 9 Shorts 02:56
• 10 Skip This Track 02:26
• 11 Falling To Part 01:20
• 12 My Feelings 02:11
• 13 Betjeman Notes 01:51
• 14 Have U Seen My Phone Charger? 01:17
• 15 Dimensions Of Superking 02:46
• Total Runtime 33:39

Info for Buckle Up

British Writer, comedian and podcast host Adam Buxton releases his debut music album Buckle Up on Decca Records. The album sees Buxton collaborating with Metronomy’s Joe Mount (as lead producer) and The Vaccines’ Pete Robertson.

When Decca approached Buxton to make his first solo album, five years ago, the label didn’t realise they were dealing with a “master of self-deluded overcomplication”. He told them he wanted “Berlin-period Bowie and Eno going for lunch with Radiohead and Nina Simone at Brian Wilson’s beach brasserie.” He told them he wanted a Bulgarian choir, too. Then he enlisted Metronomy’s Joe Mount as producer: “I hoped it would be a Metronomy record with my voice!” None of these plans materialised.

Instead came Buckle Up, fifteen songs in which Buxton is inescapably, and beautifully, himself. “You inhabit the uncanny valley between funny and sincere,” advised Greenwood, “and I’m not sure anyone’s ever made that work.” Buxton has come to accept that the uneasy balance between funny and sincere might be what he does best. “That encapsulates everything I’ve ever done,” he admits. “Efforts to be thoughtful undermined by silliness, and vice versa”.

"Adam Buxton could really be onto something here. From the panoply of ideas present across the 15 tracks of Buckle Up, along with the best of his miscellaneous songwriting efforts prior to recording this album, he clearly has the creative spark to generate material in bulk should he wish to continue doing so. While he can turn in something as individually good as the charming and warm-hearted Pizza Time, which demonstrates both a comedian’s way with words and a songwriter’s ear for melody, it would be a shame not to try." (live4ever.uk.com)

Adam Buxton

Adam Buxton
has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Stardust and Son Of Rambow, as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted BUG, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. His comedic memoir Ramble Book, which featured stories about dead Dads, fatherhood, friends, falling love, David Bowie and growing up the 1980s, was published in 2020 and has gone on to become audiobook best seller. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish, Adam is also one half of award winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam and Joe.

This album contains no booklet.