January Songs


January Songs is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman. The collection is compiled from a one-month project undertaken by Hayman whereby each song was written, recorded and released throughout January 2011, accompanied by a music video and video diaries.
Collaborators included The Wave Pictures, Elizabeth Morris, Gordon McIntyre from Ballboy, Terry Edwards, DJ Downfall, Rotifer, Valentine Leys, Litoral, The Hillfields, Ghostwriter, Pete Astor, Harvey Williams and former Hefner members Jack Hayter and Antony Harding.
A special anniversary physical release of the album was released in January 2012. A limited edition of 1500 came with sleeves individually hand-drawn by Hayman.
The album also comes with 17 hidden tracks of demos and voice notes not available on the original conception.

Track listing

  1. "It Was Over" – 2:36
  2. "Bad Technology" – 3:24
  3. "We're Staying In" – 2:52
  4. "Isle of Eigg" – 2:58
  5. "Hold Back the Clock" – 2:02
  6. "Nothing at All" – 2:01
  7. "Esplanade Drive" – 3:04
  8. "Old Man Hands" – 2:49
  9. "I Can't Control Myself" – 3:33
  10. "I Know I Fucked Up" – 3:28
  11. "You Can't Tell Her Anything" – 2:54
  12. "My Bedroom" – 2:37
  13. "My Dirty Widow" – 3:27
  14. "Who Hung the Monkey?" – 3:32
  15. "Britain in Bloom" – 2:49
  16. "Let Me Sleep" – 3:43
  17. "Arthur the Dog" – 2:57
  18. "The Return" – 4:09
  19. "No Different for Girls" – 3:14
  20. "I Want to Be a Volunteer" – 4:28
  21. "Shh... – 4:21
  22. "Baby, Be Good to Me" – 2:31
  23. "Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Girl" – 2:49
  24. "Ventriloquism" – 3:06
  25. "Forest Blues" – 3:08
  26. "Let Out the Sides" – 3:46
  27. "I Can Keep a Secret" – 3:58
  28. I Won the Girl" – 3:24
  29. "My Miniature Band" – 3:47
  30. "We're Tired of Getting Dicked Around" – 4:14
  31. "My Dream Train" – 2:58