Dazey Mag

The musical partnership between Boo Hewerdine and Neill MacColl sits at the heart of Anticlockwise, the long-lost album by The Bible. Recorded in 1989 and scheduled for release in November 2026, it revisits a period when the British band were building an audience for their melodic, thoughtfully written songs. Hewerdine’s songwriting and MacColl’s guitar work helped define a sound that balanced folk intimacy with classic pop accessibility. Across their work, The Bible explored everyday experiences and human relationships through evocative lyrics, rich melodies and an understated emotional approach. That identity informed Anticlockwise, which the band produced themselves as the planned follow-up to Eureka. Its acoustic arrangements and soulful influences reflected the qualities that had already earned them a devoted following. Their record label nevertheless rejected the album, leaving it unreleased.…

In 1993, Carmelo Alfano sent a demo to Tom Jones, believing that one of his songs would suit the singer. Like many musicians submitting material at the time, he supplied a physical cassette with his contact details written on its cover. No response arrived, and the submission appeared to have become another unanswered approach in an unpredictable industry. Ten years later, Alfano received a call from Mark Woodward asking whether he was the Carmelo who had sent the recording. According to Alfano’s account, a song on the tape had been considered suitable for Jones, but the cassette cover containing the contact information had gone missing. The team had spent years trying to locate him. The account does not establish that Jones ultimately recorded the song, but the delayed response remains…