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TICKLE MCNICHOLL™

by TICKLE

  • The Bundle™
    Compact Disc (CD)

    The Bundle™ included in the Bundle™
    the COMPACT DISC of the New Album by Tickle™
    Full lyric book with crossword and colouring (Crayons included)
    Elon Musk Sticker
    Tickle Head Sticker
    Onion Badges
    Gold Doubloons
    Mr & Mrs McNICHOLL Love Hearts
    AND... Tie for your next job interview hand picked just for you by Tickle

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  • The Big Bundle™
    Compact Disc (CD)

    The Big Bundle™ included in the The Big Bundle™
    the COMPACT DISC of the New Album by Tickle™
    Fair trade Vegan approved Organic cotton T-shirt
    Full lyric book with crossword and colouring (Crayons included)
    Elon Musk Sticker
    Tickle Head Sticker
    Onion Badges
    Gold Doubloons
    Mr & Mrs McNICHOLL Love Hearts
    AND... Tie for your next job interview hand picked just for you by Tickle

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  • LIMITED EDITION COMPACT DISC
    Compact Disc (CD)

    The New Album From TICKLE™ On COMPACT DISC

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Each item in the bundle is connected to a track or tracks on the album.

Kicking off the album, title track 'TICKLE MCNICHOLL™' is a self indulgent reflection on Tickle's addictive personality, his relationship with various sensate pleasures and the limited effectiveness of any attempt at gaining self control or achieving personal growth. As a declaration of the immensely narcissistic nature of this self-titled song on this self-titled album we have included, for your undoubted delight, a T-shirt with the song and album title emblazoned below a huge picture of Tickle's face.

Tickle's CURRICULUM VITAE is a whimsical account of his fantastical employment history. Journeying through myriad fictional roles within equally fictional corporations, Tickle highlights his lack of suitability for all and every job and shows that his capacity for workplace incompetence stretches far beyond his real world experience. For you to make a Tickle style impression at your next job interview we have included one of a depressingly large selection of frankly hideous second hand ties.

ELON M BANKS (DON'T FUCK WITH THE CULTURE PART I) imagines a future where technology has advanced to levels comparable to The Culture, a fictional hyper-advanced anarcho-communist civilisation which is the setting for numerous novels by the late Iain M Banks, but remains subject to the exploitative socio-economic relationships which the pedo Elon Musk loves so much. A better world is possible, Banks hoped for one, pedo Musk doesn't give a shit as long as he has his rockets. The pedo prick. For this song and for its sequel later in the album we include an Elon Musk Pedo sticker printed on a futuristic holographic backing. The sticker commemorates pedo Musk's success in winning a defamation case after he called a cave rescue specialist a pedo on twitter.

In THE MAN WITH NO ARMS Tickle describes a feature of his early childhood in London: regular trips to Waterlow park in Highgate with his late dad, the inimitable and much missed Mike McNicholl, including the usual detour to the adjacent cemetery to visit the grave of a certain special person. This song sees Tickle deliver an uncharacteristically personal and introspective song in an uncharacteristically slow and unadorned style. In memory of Mike and his love of crosswords, especially those by 6. down, we have included a 1. across themed Cryptickle Crossword written especially for this release by Tickle.

ME MUM'S A PIRATE finds Tickle back to his usual kung foolery. Tickle plays the entire ship's crew as they detail his mum's piratical lifestyle from her wild eyed, cutlass rattling criminality to her warm, grog goggled hospitality. In celebration of her love of treasure we have included some doubloons and pieces of eight. Mindful of her sweet tooth we've made them out of chocolate.

On EWAN ALEXANDER MCNICHOLL™ Tickle gets, feeling his age a bit, becomes somewhat introspective over a beat by his long time collaborator Salemanders. Tickle raps about addiction, grief, depression and the symptomatic relieve provider that is Hip Hop. Be kind. For your enjoyment we have included a vinyl sticker featuring the glorious visage of Tickle McNicholl himself. The sticker has transparent backing so that nothing distracts from Tickle's perfectly proportioned pus.

MRS MCNICHOLL™ doesn't like Tickle drawing attention to her with passionate and public declarations of love so what better than a two minute song dedicated to how incredible and amazing she is and how much he adores her? To celebrate their love we have included MR AND MRS MCNICHOLL™ marriage themed Love Hearts in an effort to try and match the sugary, sickening, cloying sweetness of their love.

MISTAKE NOT (DON'T FUCK WITH THE CULTURE PART II) is a vitriolic attack on pedo Elon Musk. The lyrics were inspired by pedo Musk's persistent public misrepresentation of the late author Iain M Banks' political and world view as anti-trade union and pro-libertarian capitalist. Banks supported the Scottish Socialist party in the 2002 Scottish parliamentary elections, the left wing Radical Independence Campaign in 2014 and a cultural and educational boycott of Israel in 2010. Pedo Musk didn't. Approximately 80% of the words in the song are the names of AI Minds/Spaceships from Banks' Culture novels. For this song and for the first part earlier in the album we include an Elon Musk Pedo sticker printed on a futuristic holographic backing. The sticker commemorates pedo Musk's success in winning a defamation case after he called a cave rescue specialist a pedo on twitter.

As if the main themes of addictive personality, impulsive intoxication and rampant over-eating weren't already apparent MIC MASTER MCNICHOLL™ provides further evidence of what really makes Tickle tick. Cake. Gin. Biscuits. Rum. Weed. Cake. There's not much more to add. Chocolate sprinkles perhaps? We have included a small selection of tasty onion badges as an appetiser.

In AUSTERITY TIL INFINITY Tickle rants about the last ten years of Tory austerity government. In keeping with this shitty government's attitude to the average voter we have included nothing for you. Get on your bike and make your own merch.

In NURSE TICKLE™ we see Tickle playing two roles simultaneously. Tickle is a care assistant approaching a challenging care home resident to deliver high quality care with as much professionalism and positive energy as a person can manage in the last hour of the third twelve hour shift this week. Tickle is also an angry, reactionary army veteran laid low by old age, resentful and embarrassed by his need for care and especially put out that a man is delivering it. At one time there was a plan to include a TICKLE MCNICHOLL™ brand sanitary towel because 'Tickle has super heavy flows' but on reflection actual Tickle is the right on care assistant not the misogynist old fella so for every bundle sold £1 will be donated to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, the oldest anti-fundamentalist feminist organization of Afghanistan, which has been fighting for women's rights, democracy, freedom and social justice since 1977.

This Is Not Pop impresario Asthmatic Astronaut and long time Tickle collaborator provides the beat for AUSTERITY: NEVER ENDING STORY. Tickle provides another rant about the shitey Tory government and their worker hating ethos. In keeping with this shitty government's attitude to the average voter we have included nothing for you. Nothing at all. Exactly what you deserve. What? Oh alright. Fine. We have included a high quality lyric book for you to read and rap along to the songs on the album. Freebies like this just encourage laziness.

The album finishes with a bright shiny new version of a previous Tickle classic. With each rap Tickle has rapped in the eight years since the original song was released, the lyrics of I'M NOT RAPPING ANY MORE have rung ever more hollow. Indeed the TICKLE MCNICHOLL™ album stands as evidence that Tickle is at best misguided and at worst a liar. Perhaps this version will be true? One can only hope. We have included I'M NOT RAPPING ANY MORE colouring in pages in the lyric book and a small packet of crayons for the gentle amusement of the listener.

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released May 6, 2022

DIGITAL COPIES CAN BE FOUND HERE

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ALL LYRICS BY TICKLE MCNICHOLL™
RECORDED AT VILLA SHAARAWI, ZAMALEK, CAIRO, EGYPT

'EWAN ALEXANDER MCNICHOLL™' BY SALEMANDERS™
'AUSTERITY TIL INFINITY (NEVER ENDING STORY MIX)' BY ASTHMATIC ASTRONAUT™
ALL OTHER BEATS BY TICKLE MCNICHOLL™

MRS MCNICHOLL™ FEATURES A SAMPLE FROM 'ACTUAL BEAUTY' BY DONNA MACIOCIA

ALL MIXING AND MASTERING BY ASTHMATIC ASTRONAUT ™ AT IONOTROPE STUDIOS

LIMITED EDITION CD BY THIS IS NOT POP 2022

℗+© This Is Not Pop 2022

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