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Best Boy Grip – ‘Cops’ & ‘Aim’ (Performed live for Across the Line)
Monday 9th November 2015
We Say: "It would have felt weird to visit Foyle and not at least chat to Derry’s Eoin O’Callaghan, aka Best Boy Grip - given we’ve played his music more than most in the last couple of years. As charming as ever, he rolled up with keys and a bassist and performed tracks from the eponymous debut record, which was everything we hoped it would be”.
They Say: "'Cops' is one of the first tracks I wrote where I gave myself a restriction…only use four chords. The arrangement of course adds harmonic clashes in the string and guitar lines but essentially its the same four chords around and around and thats a little unusual for a BBG track. Its about a situation that can arise when a parent remarries. In this case the new father figure is getting the brunt of the attack.
The lyrics in 'Aim' talk about the difficulty we can have escaping our thoughts. Sometimes they follow us around when we don’t want them to and because they’re in your head you can’t escape…they ‘tear me at the seams and take aim, fire".
‘Cops’ & ‘Aim’ were performed live by Best Boy Grip, for Across the Line, in BBC Radio Foyle on Monday 2nd November. The special show to celebrate 40 years of BBC Radio Ulster also featured live sets from Saint Sister and The Wood Burning Savages
