To The Wire

Album: Matador (2015)
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  • This epic description of bereavement finds Gaz Coonbes recalling the loss of his mother. "I was 27 when she died, and it definitely f--ked me up," the singer told NME. "You become a little bit closer to your own mortality; it kind of comes to the forefront of your mind. So it can play with your head."

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