Strange Ways Here We Come (Again)

We don't often get asked to repost stuff on here but, after Steve Lamacq apparently played it on his 6 Music show yesterday, a couple of people have left guestbook requests for the the mp3 of the insanely brilliant Strange Ways by The Family Way to be put up again. So, John from Nottingham, Adam from I.T. Services and anyone else who might be interested, this one's for you.

The Family Way - Strange Ways mp3

Strange Ways Here We Come

Meet The Family Way. That's them in the picture above. Handsome bunch, aren't they? They are (left to right): Shelley Way, Father Way, Scarlet Way and Sister Rae (whose record shop in Berwick Street I sometimes used to frequent).

What I most admire about The Family Way is that they never let the fact that they were a nineteenth century frontier family get in the way of their releasing a slightly weird but wonderful 7" single in about 1998, which I quite possibly heard John Peel play and then most definitely went out and bought. I know and remember literally nothing else about this band; if anyone can furnish me with any other info - spurious or otherwise - about them I'll be eternally grateful. (Well, I will be for an hour or so anyway, until I inevitably forget all about it.)

Anyway - here it is, just for you. I've done 'ripped' it and scanned the sleeve and everything. All for you!

The Family Way - Strange Ways mp3