Supreme Vagabond Craftsman 'Just You, Me and the Baby'

“Musically eccentric in a distinctly English way, one man band SVC has carved his own niche with this curious collection. Containing heavy elements of prog complexity, post-punk, and on songs such as ‘Western Day Off’ and ‘My Welsh Family’ meandering folk melodies and spoken word parts. Its music that doesn’t stand still and is near-impossible to pin down. In these days of increasingly genre-obvious music that in itself is an achievement on this truly formidable album from this enigmatic figure.”
- 4/5 Kerrang, June 2007

“With lyrics about libraries and the civil service, scientologist assassins and heavy drinking sessions all wistfully sung with a madrigal-y Dukes of Stratosphere bent, this is at first a pop album of highly accessible songs and secondly a bizarre collection of folksy time signatures, odd sentiments and jester-in-the-court style quirkiness. So, is this XTC meets a pastoral Jethro Tull jamming with an acoustic Wire in a lunatic's dream and therefore, by rights, the vanguard of late noughties off-kilter pop?”
- 8/10 Drowned In Sound, July 2007

“As the Supreme Vagabond Craftsman, Will Goddard’s ability to throw everything he can lay his hands on into the mix and maintain coherence deserves applause. Here, on such tracks as ‘Check Out My Rifle Range’, Goddard blends TV theme-tune kitsch, medieval folk and industrial grind with bemusingly effective results. Of course, Goddard would argue that its better to feel the width of his tunes than engage in a forensic examination of the material. As such Just You, Me and The Baby sounds like a merry meeting of the out there pop fan club.”
- 4/5 The Irish Times, July 2007

'Just You, Me & The Baby'

Supreme Vagabond Craftsman
'Just You, Me and the Baby' (ACAT013)

Tracklisting:
1. Forest Punk
2. Kite Flying Incident
3. Check out my Rifle Range
4. Truck Driver Instinct
5. Western Day Off
6. My Welsh Family
7. Ex Partners Car
8. Converted Barn
9. 14 Reporters On My Land
10. Murder Documentary
11. On the Coastal Journey
12. Cyclists and Me
13. Just You, Me and the Baby

All songs by Supreme Vagabond Craftsman

Drums - Earl Shilton
Cello - Semay Wu
Viola - Justin Lingard
Synth/Keys - Be My Twin
All other instruments - SVC

Produced and engineered by
Julie McLarnon at Analogue Catalogue

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 and 13 mixed by
Si Medway-Smith at Instrument Studios, Harrow Road, London

All other tracks mixed by
Julie McLarnon at Analogue Catalogue.
Mastered by Martin Giles at Alchemy Soho.