i have to admit to having had a bit of a chequered relationship with some of the work of Jim Kerr. I think that much of Simple Minds’ early stuff – from Life In A Day up to New Gold Dream is phenomenal; then gets a little patchy, though there are some gems -‘Waterfront’ and ‘Ghostdancing,’ for instance’; and then after ‘Belfast Child’ (what is it with people from Glasgow and their obsession with Belfast?!) seriously off, with the exception of ‘See the Lights.’

Anyway, Jim Kerr is soon to release a solo record as LostBoy AKA! and on the evidence of some of these tracks, I think he might well have found his mojo again. You can stream a couple of tracks like the rather awesome ‘Refugee’ and pretty good ‘Shadowland’ here and download ‘Refugee’ here, simply by signing up to the mailing list.

As ever, let me know what you think…’Refugee’ might well be the best thing he’s done in 25 years.