The Boy Named If

Please note the book uses two images to showcase the illustrations this comes as one product.

For those who like to hold something more substantial in their hands, the record can also be found tucked into an 88-page hardback storybook edition - each one numbered and signed by the artist. This edition features thirteen illustrated short stories, which have the same titles as the songs on the record. Some of these fables set the scene for the songs, others are sequels, or a clue or hint to what might have been going on before the music began. The lyrics can also be found in bold print alongside the colourful, dashing, sometimes macabre, daubs from the electric pencil of Eamon Singer. “Whatever you take out of these tales, I wrote them for you and to make the life of these songs a little less lonely, if you should care to dive in a little deeper.” – Elvis Costello

Farewell OK
The Boy Named If
Penelope Halfpenny
The Difference
What If I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Paint the Red Rose Blue
Mistook Me For a Fool
My Most Beautiful Mistake
Magnificent Hurt
The Man You Love To Hate
Death of Magic Thinking
Trick Out The Truth
Mr Crescent