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    The themes on Not Marked on the Ordnance Map include family breakdown and things falling apart. There's only one love song ... and it's for a horse. The songs don't sound sad; the guitars jangle, there's old-fashioned beaty drums, Ruth warbles, and only if you listen carefully can you tell if a song is about feeling awkward amongst posh boys, moral dilemmas or fantasy murder. The album - written entirely by a female songwriter and produced by amateurs on a shoestring - has its flaws but it is intriguing, charming and very English.

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This song is about a woman getting so fed up with her husband that she kills him and puts his body in a wheelie bin. A mitigating factor is the unbearable summer heat that makes everyone snappy. Any resemblance to persons alive or dead are purely coincidental as it did not happen.

lyrics

It’s a hot summer’s day
As I walk in Queen’s Road
All the fruit in the shops looks
Like my own poor skin

And the men in the shorts have
Even shorter tempers
As a tongue leads a dog to a
Puddle of orange ice
Summer got angry with you

Crash goes a gate and a
Pair of varicose legs
Push a dustbin along the fence
Sweating creosote tears

And the men in the shorts have
Even shorter tempers
As a tongue leads a dog to a
Puddle of orange ice
Summer got angry with you

Soon a woman in brown
Lifts the lid of the bin
And the dead man’s effects
They grin and they steam in the heat
Summer got angry with you

credits

from Not Marked on the Ordnance Map - 17 song album, track released January 29, 1996
song written by Ruth Miller
Recorded and mixed at White House Studio, Syston, Leicester 1995
Drums - Paul Knight
Guitars, Bass - Terri Lowe
Singing, Guitar, organ - Ruth Miller

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PO! Leicester, UK

Ruth Po! set up her own record company and writes incisive songs from an ordinary female perspective. Themes are often dark yet the tunes are singable, jangly and very English-sounding.First formed in 1987 with punk roots and an indie-pop style, PO! is not a typical band. After a Peel session and an NME single of the week, Ruth gave it all up 1999-2016 but the band are back with new songs! ... more

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