Scritti Politti - The Word Girl

'The Word Girl' was the fourth single to be taken from 'Cupid & Psyche '85' and was released in 1985.

'Cupid and Psyche '85' was reissued by Rough Trade on Friday 30th July 2021 on CD and LP.

The Word Girl
Green Gartside: “Although much of the work on this album was done behind massive gleaming SSL consoles in huge New York studios – with trouser-wateringly exorbitant hourly rates – we did the vocals for this at a residential studio in the English countryside. It was winter, and from the vocal booth, I could look out of the window across the snow-laden fields. I remember seeing a handful of particularly forlorn-looking sheep standing, staring vacantly, in the drifts as the flakes fell. One, in particular, was eyeing me purposefully. I think my vocal performance somehow captured or embodied something of the plight of that disconsolate ruminant.”

David Gamson: “Those melodies! Green really knocked it out of the park on this song. When it became clear that it was sounding like a single, we did a bunch of edits trying to figure out how to get a third chorus in there. Never did figure it out.

GG: “The lovely Earl Falconer from UB40 came to play bass on this, but that didn’t work out. The finished part is Gamson minimoog sans parallèle. Our drummer Fred Maher was responsible for the rang- tang clanging fills. Dollops of ill-digested Derridean- isms are strewn throughout this record. There are a few or two for you to enjoy here, for sure.”