The Sun Never Sets On Creosotes Empire

*The Sun Never Sets On Creosotes Empire* was an aborted album by British rock musician Jeremiah Creosote. The album was initiated in 2009 as tensions between Jeremiah and his former bandmates George Hudson and Howard Taft cooled significantly following Jeremiahs admission into rehab and reform of some of his business practices. The album was notable for featuring a guest performance from Taft on one track and several guitar tracks and two songs from Hudson. Despite promise and rumours in the media of a return of 'Creosote', Hudson insisted that Creosote was as good as as dead in interviews. Subsequent interviews with Taft and Shaftesbury of the Railway Kings confirmed that there was no intention to retire the RK mantle and return to Creosote.

The subsequent public outcry caused by several tabloid pieces about the unfairness of Hudson in tempting his old bandmate (who was wildly considered to be on a dangerous downward spiral in most aspects of his life at the time of recording) led to delays in the release of the album. Originally slated for an early 2010 release, this was pushed back to late 2010, then August 2011 before finally being officially cancelled in May 2010. Jeremiah Creosote remained uncharacteristically silent during this period, giving only one interview on the situation at a small coffee shop in Bath where he stated; "It's a real shame about this. We were havin' a great time, buggerin' round like the old days and the media gotta stick their noses in and wiggle their fingers and dictates everyone's business. I knew the lads weren't gonna give the Railway Kings up, they've got a good thing going and they don't owe ol' Jeremiah a thing. I was hoping that this might've paved the way to future collaborations but that's sunk now." During the interview he became progressively more emotional and eventually left before finishing.

Commentators are unsure of the circumstance around the collapse of the album. Given it is widely accepted that Creosote had a strong controlling hand in some UK tabloids, many assumed that the media kick-off was due to his influence trying to defame his former bandmates as he had done for much of the 90s and 00s but the rather candid interview he gave speaks to the contrary. A resurgence in sympathy for Creosote and the subsequent salvaging of some of *The Sun Never Sets* lead to Creosotes 2012 solo album *Bringing It Home.* In later interviews Creosote dismissed many of the statements made around the album at the time, stating his ability to "stand on meh own two buggers" and generally dismissing the notion of working with Hudson and Taft again calling them "traitors of the highest order".

While very little information was ever released on *The Sun Never Sets On Creosotes Empire,* the small amount of leaked information shows it was a loose concept album based on the Creosotian Republic of the late 19th Century. Several songs covered colonization and the modernization of colonized countries with European societal and technological developments. Many of the songs were apparently rewritten with new lyrics and all three former Creosote members agreed in separate interviews that they were glad the album didn't see the light of day, unsure that the colonial theme would've worked well in a modern societal context. Only one song from the album was ever released in it's original form, a B side track that was a cover of Mike Westcott and Leprechaun's 1979 track *It's a Long Way to Mukumbura*.