Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots is a side project by Kathryn Williams, released on CAW Records on 9 September 2010. It is a collaboration with Anna Spencer (formerly of punk band Delicate Vomit) with both using their own sons as a focus group
Critical reception The Guardian regarded the songs "sufficiently simple for a child to love but with enough depth that they don't drive parents mad".
Track listing Robots In The Rain—3:25 Disco Teeth—2:50 Rainy Day—1:12 Hopscotch—3:24 Emergency—2:53 Sweet On The Floor—1:53 Lets Dance On The Moon—3:16 Spooky Way Home—3:05 How Hot Is A Toad? -- 2:16 Pirates On The Bus—2:36 Illegal—3:09
Personnel Kathryn Williams – vocals & guitar Anna Spencer – vocals & instruments Simon Edwards—double bass Gayle Hutchinson—viola
Recording details Illustrations by Sammi Solar Engineered by Kathryn Williams Mastered by Denis Blackham Mixed by David Wrench
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