ZiPP: Lead and second vocals / Electric & Acoustic guitars / Bass / Tambourine
iAN H: Lead guitar / Rhythm guitar / Keyboards / Drum programming

2. Everybody

Written on Croxley Common Moor, provoked by a first line from Jennie. Edgy, and funky.

ZiPP: Lead and second vocals / Electric guitars / Bass / Congas & Timbales
iAN H: Lead classical guitar / Electric guitar / Keyboards / Drum programming

3. Awake!

Rock anthem; great for Glasto or Eurovision. Abstruse lyrics with a poignant ending.

ZiPP: Lead and second vocals / Electric guitars / Acoustic guitars / Bass / Tambourine
iAN H: Lead guitars / Keyboards / Drum programming

4. TiME

A poem for the 2020s, written in the 1980s. Powered. Your feet will move.

ZiPP: Second vocals / Electric guitars
iAN H: Lead guitars / Bass / Drum programming / Tick Tocks
THOMAS O MARTiN: Lead vocal / Keyboards

Umore due: Calmo pensare ballo amore

5. Smoke & Mirrors

The second greatest liar that the world has ever seen. Watch the video on YouTube.

ZiPP: Lead & second vocals / Acoustic guitar / Bass / Bongos / Angst

6. Out of My Mind

Heartfelt cliché-laden ballad; everything, including the girl.

ZiPP: Lead and second vocal / Acoustic guitars
iAN H: Electric guitar / Lead acoustic guitar / Bass / Keyboard orchestration / Drum programming
AMY HOUSLEY: Unison vocal / Ethereal presence

7. I Don’t Believe It

Meanwhile, in Bristol, Tennessee – country music is born, and orders a pizza.

ZiPP: Lead, second, third, fourth and fifth vocals / Acoustic guitars / Bass / Corn
iAN H: Lead guitars / Drum programming

8. NiCE

About relationships, personal, and international. An allegorical tale of two minds.

ZiPP: Lead and second vocals / Acoustic guitars / Bass / Swishes
iAN H: Second organ / electric guitar / Keyboard mystery sounds / Drum programming
JACOB ALLiNSON: Lead organ / Menacing intent

Umore tre: Lavori Principali ricoperto di Cioccolato

9. Pick Up the Pace

Taking up where AWB left off, this is what happened next. Also funky.

ZiPP: Second vocal / Bass / Electric Guitar / Bongos / Tambourine / Hand claps
iAN H: Organ / Lead guitar / Drum programming
THOMAS O MARTiN: Tenor Saxophone / Feel
DANiEL CS MARTiN: Lead vocal / Soul

10 . Finalmenté

The drums, Carruthers, it’s the drums. An instrumental conversation in Latin.

ZiPP: Bass / Congas, Bongos, Timbales, Maracas, Tambourine, Woodblock, KUH Bell
iAN H: Lead and second electric guitar / Drum programming
THOMAS O MARTiN: Lead and second organ

11. Headache (1973)

And yet there is more. A little song of teenage loneliness, set in the deep south.

ZiPP: Lead and second vocal / Acoustic guitars

CAMOUFLAGE - the third album from STEViE ZiPP.

All original songs (words and music) - All Rights Reserved © StevieZipp & SIP Martin 2022
Produced and arranged by ZiPP and Housley / One imaginary man and his human friend
Engineered and recorded by Ian Housley / Dormdust Studio, Gloucestershire, England / 2019 - 2022

Special Thanks to Ian, Tom, Dan, Jacob, Amy, Jennie, Millie and Sue. A band like no other.

Principal Influencers: Vic Pepe / John, Paul and George / D. Bowie esq. / Carlos / Bob / Joni / Armando Peraza / Raul Rekow / Jose ‘Chepito’ Areas / Greg Rollie / Mike Shrieve / the other Stevie / Chrissie Hynde / AWB / Peter Cox / Paul Carrack / Sting / Seal / Frampton / Ray Davies / George Michael / Kate Bush / Borboletta

For my family and friends – whether they like it or not. I am, indeed, blessed.

www.steviezipp.co.uk / ScruffyBlokes Management