The Levellers – Drug Bust McGee (On the Fiddle Recordings)
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| The Levellers - Drug Bust McGee |
Release Date: Out Now
I was kinda waiting for the
Levellers to resurface what with all the upheaval in the world and social injustices
rattling around at the moment. As reliably obtuse as ever the Levellers’ new
single ‘Drug Bust McGee’ is a latter day Pogues-esque shuffle hanging off a
warm piano riff and dripping in lush strings with that unmistakable Mark Chadwick
vocal cutting through like a rusty knife through butter. There’s storytelling
and world weariness in there that Elbow would kill for but also a sweetness and
genuine affection for the subject and the song craft that is massively
endearing. I hope that when their time comes, this is one of the songs that the
Levellers are remembered for and not just because of the Abbey Road recording and
John Leckie production.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/levellersofficial/
Live Dates:
1st February – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
2nd February – William Aston Hall, Wrexham
3rd February – Charter Theatre, Preston
4th February – Roundhouse, London
13th March – Opera House, Buxton
14th March – Town Hall, Cheltenham
15th March – Westlands, Yeovil
16th March – Barbican, York
17th March – The Stables, Milton Keynes
18th March – Philharmonic, Liverpool
20th March – The Anvil, Basingstoke
21st March – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
22nd March – De Montfort Hall, Leicester
23rd March – De La Warr Pavilion, Brexhill
24th March – Cathedral, Winchester
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