The Ug Brothers: Grin (Ugstrumental)

Grin was never performed live and never had a full set of lyrics written for it. It was going to be a song about smiling at strangers in the street. The piece developed from a rather unusual one-finger chord that appears after the Dm in 5th position. An updated version of Grin is slated for recording by Flicker. These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them. There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project. Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995