October 23, 2025
A song from college or early adulthood.
Not my favourite track on I Should Coco, then or now, but Alright—an unabashed hymn to the joys of being footloose and fancy-free—never fails to remind me of university days in the capital of Devon. The peculiarities of that place and time come rushing back: scrumpy cider, square pizza, bar billiards, being affectionately addressed as "my lover" by strangers, and most of all, my buddies Steve and Al.