he sings "I'm so tired of trying to make it right/ For a girl who just won't come to the light", it's as if he knows it is easier to throw in the towel than to expect his lover to come to terms with the demons he seems unwilling to reject. 'Woman When I've Raised Hell' deals just as matter-of-factly with the threat of domestic violence. "There won't be a star left untouched in your sky / When my lightning crashes across that night", Pearson snarls over strings courtesy of Dirty Three and Grinderman violinist Warren Ellis; "There won't be nothing not nailed down / Left unturned in this home." It's a disturbing image, but once again Pearson is unrepentant: "Honestly / Why can't you just let it be / And let me quietly / Drink myself to sleep." It's a track that will, for many listeners and whether fact or fiction, be a deeply uncomfortable listen. 'Honeymoon's Great, Wish You Were Her', meanwhile, sees Pearson agonising over his love for "a woman who simply ain't my wife": "And it'd be kinda funny / If it weren't so damn true / I'd gouge my eyes out if I thought it would help me / Not to see her when I look at you." Last Of The Country Gentlemen is not an album that asks for forgiveness, or for pity, and to be honest most listeners would struggle to offer much of either. As demonstrated in 'Sorry With A Song', Pearson