16 song vinyl LP with thick booklet of lyrics and artwork.
Includes unlimited streaming of Turn Back The Tide Of Bigotry
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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£5GBP
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Comes in a printed A5 envelope, with an A5 lyric booklet. 16 song album.
Includes unlimited streaming of Turn Back The Tide Of Bigotry
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
£3GBP
about
When you think about it, it seems pretty bizarre to me that people spend their money on clothing which advertises other peoples products. Yet it’s everywhere you look. From merchandise advertising Jack Daniels and Pepsi, to t-shirts advertising bands, to replica sports kits – we’re expected to pay a lot of money to promote these. Isn’t that the wrong way round? Aren’t companies supposed to pay for advertising space? How did they manage to convince people to buy this stuff?
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I saw somebody yesterday who was advertising soft drinks for the USA – a corporate logo on trendy shoes made sure everyone caught the news. I asked him how much the company had paid to have its name so prominently displayed. This must have confused the poor lad – he looked like he thought I was mad. Is it you or me who is confused, when you’re paying for the privilege of being used as a human promotion to advertise big money interests and corporate lies? Further on was a kid trying to live out his dream that he’s playing for his favourite football team – kitted out in all the proper gear that the manufacturers change four times a year. Kids don’t want a kit that’s become outdated, and are too young to realise they’re being manipulated. A slight change in design (but with the same corporate logo) – for the team and the sponsors this spells money a-go-go. The peer pressure to buy expensive football shirts hits low-income parents exactly where it hurts. And how much do you think the player has paid to have his name so prominently displayed? So, I continued walking along and I saw someone wearing a shirt with a band name on. I asked him how much the band had paid to have they’re name so prominently displayed. He told me that I’d got it wrong – he’d bought the shirt because he likes their song. I said, “And you paid 8 pounds to tell me this?” Feeling rather foolish, he answered “Yes”. Is it you who’s crazy, or is it me when you spend your money to point out to society the names of the bands whose records you like to play? Is this the most important thing that you have to say? Maybe there’s something that I have missed, but why is it that people seem to insist that their bodies are there to be used to promote other people’s skills, or products, or views? Whether it’s Man. United, or Coca Cola, or some irrelevant rock ‘n’ roller – they rely on you to spread their name, and thereby increase their fortune and fame. Through following all the latest fads you become walking billboards giving freebie ads. You make them household names, or superstars, and you pay for the privilege – what mugs you are.
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🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Loved this band for decades and it's great they're cracking on with the good work both creative and beautifully pleasant with a new vocalist.
Good shit innit 👏
I love the buzzy bee guitar riff on Plight Of The Bumble Bee, excellent stuff 👏
Excellent feckin album.
Money Flows is simply outstanding.
Now crank it up 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 🏴☠️ Mikey T. Chas The Dog And Momo The Cat 🏴☠️
The Minneapolis band add a horn section, a running surrealist allegory about walls, and an occasional nod to the elegiac to their electroshocked post-punk. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 4, 2024