The Ug Brothers: Lookout (Ugstrumental)

Lookout was a rare slow number by The Ug Brothers. George wrote the music, drawing inspiration from Reasons by Dark Company and Could Have Lied by Red Hot Chili Peppers. He also wrote some lyrics and a melody which was incorporated into the eventual guitar solo on the later Cute But Weird release. After George took this piece to the band as an instrumental, Dave wrote new lyrics. He drew inspiration from a girl called Grace that he met at a party one night and composed a new melody which Natalie later adapted brilliantly for the key-change section. 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