Okay Champ – William Tell
Okay Champ - William Tell
Release Date: Out Now
In the future, beyond the Trump
inspired nuclear winter, there will emerge from the North of England an order
of fanatical monks who dress in black, have ashen faces and worship at the
altar of darkness. If you approach their monastery (an abandoned Wetherspoons
that used to be a telephone exchange) the strange and haunting sounds that emit
from the building will, in all probability, sound exactly like this new single
from Newcastle gloom-merchants Okay Champ. ‘William Tell’ is based around a
slowed down punk beat that becomes a march which is soon joined by the low and
menacing vocals of John Edgar. The industrial, crunching rhythm guitar sound
like pumps working away down a mine where the water is still uncontaminated
while the wail of the lead speaks of those that have gone to live underground
and can no longer process the sun on their skin. There is no God left to pray
to in this landscape, no hope and no use for faith so the altar they worship at
is one made from music and earthly energy. So, that’s the future then; bleak as
fuck but at least the soundtrack is good.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/okaychamp/
Live Dates:
15th July – The Cluny,
Newcastle w/Blom + Akne