Description
You don’t believe in God anymore, but you do believe in Joe.
Somebody Should Have Pressed Record is an experimental, narrative poem depicting a woman navigating an emotionally fraught relationship with an imaginary version of Joseph Gilgun (Brassic, Misfits, This is England).
This collection depicts life at the frayed edge of reality, where loneliness grows legs and fingers. Where our intractable desire for companionship leaves stains on the walls, dirt under the nails, and a warm spot in the bed. Drawing inspiration from the auto-destructive art movement and existentialist fiction, Admoni paints a wild-eyed portrait of modern romance and asks the question: what do we owe to the people we create?
“I’m a long-time fan of Galia’s potent, surprising, fearless and funny work. She’s manipulating and blending forms to create an entirely singular voice, and I love to hear it.” – Max Porter
“A fascinating and formally inventive text which seems to constantly disintegrate and remake itself before the readers eyes; using as its materials the everyday surreal of real life.” – Andrew McMillan
“a brilliant, caustically funny meditation on lost love and impermanence […] In fact I don’t think I’ve ever read a collection simultaneously quite so heart-breaking and quite so enjoyable.” – Luke Kennard
“Inventive, tender, dazzlingly original, this collection examines what it means to ‘archive loneliness’, to speak when it seems impossible and to be answered.” – Helen Mort
