As Kilgore has splattered below, things are progressing nicely in Foilface world and in a few months time we should have a few EPs finished off.

Another tune was gently wafted out on Saturday and the current lack of a name for the track (I remember it as ‘Sour City Gin Song’ – but only because they’re the first words sung) has got me to wondering about the naming of songs, EPs and album titles as a whole.

Probably my favourite album of all time, Love – Forever Changes, benefits from not only having great tunes but top song titles (The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This, A House Is Not a Motel, Andmoreagain etc) and a great, mystical, late-60′s sounding album title too. In my world (and in Google world too, I guess) a great title is a definite bonus.

For instance, I first listened to Gorky’s Zygotic Mynki, not because someone had recommended them to me or because I’d stumbled across their sound in a record shop. No – they had a funny name and seemed worth a punt. I’d have discovered them at some point, but their name speeded up the process. And if this seems fickle I don’t care, because it doesn’t end there.

I first heard New York art-rockers, Liars after listening to one of their albums purely because it had a great name. The album in question was, ‘They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top’ – it’s a great album. The verbosity of their song and album titles (also see – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned and The Other Side of Mount Heart Attack) may not be intentionally designed to pull people in (is that naive?) but that’s what happened with me.

Earlier, I briefly leafed through some of the albums and EPs I have on itunes and this love of EP and album titles had me relistening to treats by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynki (Ambler Gambler EP), Why? (Elephant Eyelash), Edan (Beauty & the Beat), Stereolab (Emperor Tomato Ketchup), Pavement (Slanted & Enchanted) and Neon Neon (Stainless Style). My conclusion is that I seem to be drawn to inventive rhyming (see GZM and Pavement), quality puns (see Neon Neon and Edan) and the surreal (see Why? and Stereolab). Is it a coincidence that I also love their music?

The answer is probably a rather drab, ‘a bit, yes – but not entirely’. I know that’s a bit vague (defining why we love the bands we listen to is, a lot of the time) but in a world dominated by Google search engines, fast cut MTV videos, soundbites, tag lines and catchphrases, good titles (and as an extra bonus, ‘appropriate’ ones – ‘Slanted & Enchanted’ for instance pretty much sums up the whole Pavement sound in three words) certainly count a lot more than they used to.

So, musicians, artists and bands take note – words mean more than ever.

Which leads me onto the probable title for the first Foilface EP, namely, Traumatised Yacht Owners. Is it a good title?

To me, it conjures up amusing credit crunch images and the tears of the super wealthy blubbering their dreams away. It sounds like the cackle of slackers who may be about to have their day. I like it at the moment anyway, and it seems to fit.