Hello and welcome once again to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast where lovely people tell me the five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule.

They choose four things that they really cherish and one thing that they'd really like to bury and forget.

My guest in this episode is the musician, singer and songwriter Duncan Maitland.

Now, Duncan formed his first band, The Flood, in 1985, and later joined the

Irish band Picture House on the recommendation of the producer of David Gray and the Pixies, Ronnie

Stone. Picture House recorded their debut album, Shinebox, which included Duncan's song

fan club, which was described by the music journalist John Walsh from Hot Press

as among the best songs never recorded by the Beatles.

That's quite a nice thing for somebody to say, isn't it?

The band continued to tour Europe,

supporting bands like Bon Jovi, Meatloaf and the Cause,

and in 1998 began work on their second album, Carmarama, for which Duncan

wrote many songs, including Sunburst, which went on to become the band's biggest record.

Duncan worked with the Irish band, Pugwash, and recorded a number of albums with them,

as well as recording and touring as a solo performer. He's also recorded with XTC. More recently, he's recorded,

written and performed as part of Chelsea, Bragg and Maitland, to great acclaim. In fact, they

toured the UK and Ireland in 2025. His new album is due for release in May 26. Now, I met Duncan

at a party to celebrate 40 years of performing by the brilliant

Graham Fellows, also known as John Shuttleworth and, of course, jilted John. Our chat at that

party made it clear to me that Duncan would be a great guest on my time capsule. I can tell

you now, even before you listen, that I was right. Well, I always am. So sit back,

relax and enjoy hearing the five things that Duncan Baitland would like to have in his time capsule.

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