Intense Records

The Boy Named If

£30.83 (£36.99 incl. VAT)

On January 14th, 2022, Elvis Costello and The Imposters release, ‘The Boy Named If,’ a new album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm.

Costello tell us, ”The full title of this record is 'The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories).’  ‘IF,’ is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own."

Produced by Sebastian Krys & Elvis Costello - the album is a collection of thirteen snapshots, “That take us from the last days of a bewildered boyhood to that mortifying moment when you are told to stop acting like a child - which for most men (and perhaps a few gals too) can be any time in the next fifty years," as Costello put it.

Tracklisting:

1.       Farewell

2.       The Boy if Named

3.       Penelope Halfpenny

4.       The Difference

5.       What If I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

6.       Paint the Red Rose Blue

7.       Mistook Me For a Fool

8.       My Most Beautiful Mistake

9.       Magnificent Hurt

10.   The Man You Love To Hate

11.   Death of Magic Thinking

12.   Trick Out The Truth

13.   Mr Crescent