The long awaited autobiography from the musical maverick, polymath and Beta Band front man.Selfdestructive pop saboteurs who did it all wrong in all the right ways. Utterly brilliant NMESteve Mason is a Scottish singer songwriter and founding member of the Beta Band. Formed in 1996 the band were quickly embraced in the media as The Next Big Thing and hailed by famous fans from Radiohead to Noel Gallagher. They were an idiosyncratic, selfcontained, selfsabotaging Dadaist counterpoint to the bloated Britpop corpse as it metastasized in the late 90s. The band split in 2004, owing their record label 1.2m.Its a story of youth culture, failure, success, sadness and redemption Steve Mason, August 2025Print length 320 pagesTwo Piers release the second in their Presents compilation series with Steve Mason Beta Band, King Biscuit Time stepping up to the curation table to deliver a stunning compilation of tracks entitled The Romance of Unknowing.Steve Mason presents The Romance of Unknowing takes in influences from Northern Soul, Punk, Folk, HipHop, Soul and PostPunk, spanning tracks from 1965 to 2005, across 2 Coloured VinylLPs amp 2 CDs.There was a club in Dunfermline Fife called The Kronk and the DJ there, called Lel Palfrey would play incredible sets going from House into Hip Hop into Reggae and back into House. Occasionally ending with Booker Ts Green Onions. As someone with wildly eclectic music taste who had been a Mod, Lel helped sure up my opinion that there should be no boundaries in music. Its just a line of Human expression that stretches back into our past and will continue. Forever. Open your arms and come with me. Steve Mason 2025.Scottish singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Steve Mason rose to global critical acclaim as a member of the Beta Band. With their unique artistic approach they earned a glowing worldwide reputation thanks to releases like 1998s The Three EPs and 2001s Hot Shots II.During the Beta Bands heyday and following their 2004 breakup, Mason also recorded two EPs and an album as King Biscuit Time and has since had an incredible solo career, releasing six critically acclaimed albums, including his most recent in 2023, Brothers amp Sisters. In 2025 the Beta Band reformed to play a series of live shows across the world, all of which sold out instantaneously.Steve Mason presents The Romance of Unknowing follows the release of Richard Norris Presents Weird Scenes from the Hangout in 2024 on Two Piers, the label that have released such critically acclaimed Compilations as Pop Psychdlique The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 19642019, Strobes in Space Indie Sleaze, Nu Rave amp Future Disco 20002009, Night Train Transcontinental Landscapes 19682019 and Soul Psychdlique The Sounds of Psychedelic Soul amp Funk 19672024.Side AA1. Fte Roland BocquetA2. I think its Time You Were Mine Alice SwobodaA3. Lay this Burden Down Mary LoveA4. What You See is What You Get Stoney and MeatloafA5. Left over People Alan PriceA6. Never Get Ahead Bobby ConnA7. Terminal Stupid The Snivelling ShitsA8. A Glass of Champagne SailorSide BB1. I See Stars SupersempfftB2. I Dig You Demis RoussosB3. YaYa Nelue Rework Mutant Disco Edit Ron RogersB4. Slippery People Club Version The Staple SingersB5. Love Is a Serious Business Alfie DavisonSide CC1. Happy Is My Life Andre Willliams Velvet HammerC2. My Little Girl Bobby GarrettC3. Waiting for a Train Flash and the PanC4. Flame Chicken Lips Version Bell X1C5. Release YoDelf Prodigy Remix Method ManSide DD1. Hateful Aaron CarlD2. Rose Rouge St. GermainD3. Imperfect List Pt.1 Big Hard Excellent FishD4. Nothing Rene Halkett David Jay
