Album · 2026
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
Tracklist
1
Early birds and planes in Loughborough Junction
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
0:40
2
I am not sure which tube station is the furthest below sea level, but I am visiting quite a few
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:14
3
Under the Thames with cyclists, joggers and echoes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
3:18
4
Popping up at Island Gardens
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:45
5
The DLR is quite possibly the best sounding London train, electromagnetically speaking
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:03
6
Celebrating a squeaky transport barrier
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:34
7
Walking through Soho with tourists and delivery guys
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
4:16
8
Arriving in Bloomsbury: yes I heard my first 'Happy New Year'
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:44
9
An inaugural trip to Kilburn, which I have always wanted to visit because Doreen Massey lived here
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:54
10
Overground then all uphill to Hampstead, a whispered neighbourhood of private security signs
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:07
11
Daydream interlude (eating a not very nice lunch)
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1:24
12
Dramatic build-up to when I dipped into the shopping centre to find a man playing piano outside Aldi
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
4:00
13
Why did I decide to go all the way across town to Crystal Palace park?
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
4:05
14
I should never have doubted coming to Crystal Palace, a wonderland of crows and dinosaurs
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:40
15
It was New Year's Day after all, and yes someone really was playing this at the overground station
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
3:00
16
I don't think you can hear but people largely discussed dogs all the way back to central London
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:37
17
A very long queue for the London Eye which is quite shit, and has awful commentary, although the view to be fair is beautiful
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:27
18
Dramatic drummers on the street as I ran due to being late for my Shard viewing platform booking
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:16
19
Taking two lifts inside the (rather divisive) Shard
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
2:17
20
‘Hello everyone and welcome to the View’, a sort of cupboard / bar, with London stretched out and twinkling below
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:07
21
Said cupboard / bar is closing soon but let's have a cocktail still
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:09
22
Tipsy aboard a Thameslink chariot home on this first day of 2026
Vertical London (New Year’s Day)
1:59