August 13, 2025. An Evan Dando in-store appearance at Rough Trade Records, East London. The evening is a mix of old originals (‘Confetti’, ‘My Drug Buddy’) and covers plus anecdotes about Jackson Pollock and a word-perfect rendition of Peter Cook’s Coal Miner sketch (“I didn’t have the Latin”). Looking simultaneously bedraggled and regal, like a lion surprised by a sudden rain shower, Dando is scrappy, vulnerable, heartfelt, and enervated. You sense he feels uncomfortable singing his own songs. In fact, the only Dando composition delivered with complete ease and self-belief is a new one, ‘In the Margin’. Written with Massachusetts friend and collaborator, Marciana Jones, it’s an eviscerating break-up song (“If periphery is what you give…

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