“I’ve been lucky – when things were tough, I’ve had a creative outlet”
IT’S the morning after Liverpool’s pulsating victory over Manchester City at Anfield, and Mick Head is understandably buzzing. “It feels good. I was listening on the radio and I heard a couple of pundits talking about the atmosphere and saying they’d never heard anything like it – and this was before the game!” Head has further cause for celebration when informed that his latest album with the Red Elastic Band, the triumphant Dear Scott, has been named Uncut’s third best album of 2022. “That’s amazing,” he beams. “It’s just recognition for what everyone’s put into it. We’re all really proud of it.” Earlier this year, the album became his first ever Top 10 record in a long career of heroic near-misses. “We were on tour when the album got released and that was brilliant. It was like being in the Paleys again: we’re all excited in the back of the van, listening to the charts. A real highlight.”
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