WITH his forthcoming album, ‘My Name in the Brackets’, Boo Hewerdine is paying tribute to his life as one of Britain’s finest songwriters.
 

“When I was younger the name in the brackets was what I would look for on a record,” he explained, “because I knew that’s who wrote the song.”
 

Boo found success in the 1980s as the lead singer and creative force behind cult band ‘The Bible’ but as a shy youngster he was more comfortable penning the songs than singing them.
 

“When I was 16 used to go round to local bands and say I’d written them a song, because I didn’t play an instrument at that point.
 

“Then I got the buzz of hearing other people do my songs, which is still my favourite thing, because they always do something really different with it.”
 

Since then he has written songs recorded by K.d. Lang, Paul Young, Mel C, Marti Pellow, Alex Parks, and Natalie Imbruglia.
 

He often incorporates these tracks into his live set, once resulting in an otherwise complimentary review saying it was ‘a shame he did so many covers’.
 

A writer who can find inspiration anywhere, Boo penned the first single from the new album, ‘The Amazing Robot’, after seeing a game from his childhood in a charity shop window.
 

The song is ‘about the certainties of childhood and how they disappear’ whilst paying tribute to the much loved 1970’s board game The Amazing Magic Robot.
 

In the game a small green robot would spin on a mirror and point at the answer to your question - The Amazing Robot was always right
 

The single comes backed by a second brand new track ‘Drinking Alone’ of which Boo explains, “It’s a song for anyone who has sat up at two in the morning having just one more.
 

“Both these tracks were recorded as a one man band just like the very first recordings I made, with the exception of the drums (Chris Pepper) and clarinets (Gustaf Ljunggren), which I can’t do.”
 

Boo plays at Water Yeat Village Hall, Ulverston, on June 7.