Tomorrow's Here Today

Lightning Seeds, Football and Cosmic Post-Punk

By: Ian Broudie

Narrated by: Ian Broudie

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Few musicians have lived a musical life as rich as the songwriter and producer Ian Broudie.

From recording the glorious uplifting psychedelic pop of his band the Lightning Seeds to producing bands like Echo & the Bunnymen and the Fall, Ian has journeyed from the energy and potential of the 1970s punk scene to the madness of '90s indie - and out the other side.

Throughout nearly fifty years of making music, he has had a front-row seat working with generations of fantastic musicians in the creation of countless groundbreaking records. In Tomorrow's Here Today, he reveals what he has learnt about creativity, how to work with musicians touched by genius and what it is like to stumble through an exploding industry without losing sight of your dreams.

Along the way, Ian shares how he wrote the million-selling album Jollification and how - along with the comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner - he wrote and recorded the only single in chart history to reach number one in the UK on four separate occasions. 'Three Lions' has since become the undisputed unofficial anthem of English football, soundtracking heartbreaking defeats as well as the wondrous victories of the Lionesses.

Following 2022's long-awaited Lightning Seeds comeback, Ian reflects on a life of cosmic adventures spent in thrall to the power of music.

©2023 Ian Broudie (P)2023 Bonnier Books UK

Critic reviews

'All Ian Broudie's great gifts as a songwriter - melody, vulnerability, empathy, hope - turn out to be in his prose too. A lovely read' - David Baddiel

'A pure delight' - Classic Pop

'One of the greatest rock 'n' roll stories of the past 50 years recounted with warmth and wisdom' - Hot Press

honesty with great details

liked the ties between internal thoughts and occurances with connection to the songs that came from the events and thoughts