T-Birds Are Go

“It’s definitely me that wrote it, but I’ve no memory of writing it,” says Billy Reeves about the imagery of Difficult Song on The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost’s debut album Afters. “It seems bitter and angry. Maybe it’s a breakup song, but I haven’t been in a breakup for a long time. I wish I knew what it was about.”

But far from being another example of the evasiveness some songwriters display when asked about the meaning of their lyrics, he genuinely has no idea. The album has a unique backstory. Reeves was involved in