Article from workhardpr.com – Alison Bateman *** Poetic blues rockers fronted by founding Quireboys guitarist Guy Bailey release their Chris Kimsey produced second album ‘Albatross’ on November 7th via Thirsty Music *** Thirsty is the creation of unlikely songwriting partners Guy Bailey and Irina D. Described by Led Zeppelin tour manager Richard Cole as “the most uncompromising artist I have worked with”, and conversely, by former Quireboys manager Sharon Osbourne, as “a pain in the arse”, Guy is the founding Quireboys guitarist who gives Thirsty its parched vocals, sparkling blues guitarlines, and an unfaltering faith in the powerful immediacy of the 3 minute, 45 rpm, single format. Irina is a Russian poet whose dark lyrical narratives bring an atmospheric, arthouse edge to proceedings. As Thirsty, they present a uniquely louche and literary take on the timeless blues-based rock ‘n’ roll template, which is fleshed out on record by some of the finest musicians in British rock. Drummer Simon Hanson (Death In Vegas, Squeeze), bass and keyboards man Chris Johnstone (The Quireboys), and backing vocalist Lynne Jackaman (Saint Jude, Jackaman) round out the sound, while esteemed Stones producer Chris Kimsey completes the dream team on both their self-titled debut and the imminent follow-up, ‘Albatross’. Released in 2015, ‘Thirsty’ was an elegantly dishevelled cocktail of East and West European flavours (with lyrics delivered in both Russian and English), mixing high art influences and underground rock hooks, and telling strange, often disturbing, slices of real life and true history, such as the...