As Martyn Jacques says, "A major theme of the hundreds of songs I have written is the people living in the margins. When I moved to Soho in the 1980s I spent many hours just looking out of my window. And I watched the drug dealers and the prostitutes and the drug addicts and the gangsters. And I learned what they did and why they did it. It wasn’t always as straightforward as you might imagine. But it was before the yuppies arrived. Serenade from the Sewer presents some memories of that time. It was a happy time for me. But it was tragic for many of the people I knew and watched from my window."

The album's artwork is by Martyn Jacques.

TRACKLIST:

Soho Song

Goodbye

The Way It Goes

Grey and Grim

Wished That You Were Here

Stabbed in the Back

Gin Bar

She’s Gone

Won’t Come Out

Drunken-hearted Man

Stupid Life

Bar Italia

Happy

CREDITS:

The Tiger Lillies

Serenade from the Sewer

Martyn Jacques: vocals, accordion, piano, ukulele, Hammond organ

Adrian Stout: double bass, musical saw, theremin, jaw harp, guitar, backing vocals

Budi Butenop: drums, percussion, backing vocals

All songs written by Martyn Jacques

Recorded in 2025 live in Bad Schallerbach, at RedLightStudio, Berlin, and Blurt Studio, London

Mixed and mastered by Timm Brockmann at RedLightStudio, Berlin, in 2025

Album design: Frédéric Domont

Executive producer: Martyna Lach

Copyright and publishing Misery Guts Music Ltd., 2025

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