Half Man Half Biscuit

June 4, 2018 6:57 AM

Half Man Half Biscuit have a new album out. (Some NSFW language). HMHB make intelligent, angry, absurd, punk tinged indie music that is frequently hilarious. The HMHB Lyrics Project will tell you all you need to know, including fans' interpretations of the lyrics.

Some previous references on Metafilter

posted by alfhild (15 comments total)

Hedge Cut ! Hedge Cut ! Hedge Cut !
posted by Webbster at 7:28 AM on June 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

That's not how I would spell Hawaiian.
posted by grahamparks at 7:44 AM on June 4, 2018

Ground control to Monty Don
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:07 AM on June 4, 2018 [4 favorites]

It's all (and, as they say, a whole lot more) on their youtube btw
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:43 AM on June 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

Thanks fearfulsymmetry, that’s a good addition
posted by alfhild at 10:11 AM on June 4, 2018

And I shot a man in Tesco, just to watch him die
posted by skybluepink at 10:40 AM on June 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

I've still never heard anything so-clearly walking the line between absurd and profound as Twenty Four Hour Garage People.
posted by avapoet at 11:00 AM on June 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

"Fuckin' 'Ell It's Fred Titmus"

Back in the DHSS was the first LP I ever bought. HMHB are a stupendous band.
posted by ZipRibbons at 12:35 PM on June 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

I'm jealous of all the Brits who effortlessly get all the references. Over on this side of the pond, it's like reading Ulysses.
posted by whuppy at 12:51 PM on June 4, 2018 [5 favorites]

Let it happen bass player…
posted by Leon at 12:52 PM on June 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

Whuppy - I get some of the references, but even as a Brit, a fair amount is a mystery to me.
posted by alfhild at 12:53 PM on June 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

Thanks to For What Is Chatteris making an appearance on the Kermode and Mayo podcast I ended up playing it a few times around the house. My then not even one year old son really took to it and loved it. So I learned the lyrics and added it to my rotation of lullabies, where it’s stayed since. I have an inordinate fondness for that song now, and Half Man Half Biscuit in general.
posted by Kattullus at 1:23 PM on June 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

"What does it mean? What does it mean?"
Wait, wrong tongue in wrong band's cheek.
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 4:03 PM on June 4, 2018

Yes, we live on the Wirral, and it definitely helps, but maybe not as much as you'd hope.
posted by skybluepink at 6:11 AM on June 5, 2018 [2 favorites]

If anyone says they get all the references, especially without googling, then they are a liar, or Nigel Blackwell.

But remember it's the thoughts behind the words that count.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:19 AM on June 5, 2018 [3 favorites]