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Kill Them With Kindness

    'Kill Them With Kindness' is the 18th album from Beans on Toast, recorded at Greenmount Studios in Leeds with The Beans on Toast Band, a collection of musical friends he handpicked from the UK music scene a few years back.

    "We've done a few tours together, but this was our first venture into a studio. Each one of them is amazing, and together... well, I'm proper chuffed with how it sounds. Have a listen for yourself," says Beans.

    This album is a bit of a juxtaposition, as is the title. "There are songs that deal with the current state of the world: wars, maniac leaders, the rise of AI and the fall of the establishment. Then there are songs about trees, late nights in music venues, art, love and my new cat. As usual, it's a time stamp of my thoughts and feelings from the past year on planet Earth."


    TRACK LISTING

    1. The Great North Road
    2. Gods, Children And Robots
    3. Comfortable In The Counterculture
    4. Pelican Crossing
    5. The Fall Of The Establishment
    6. The Glastonbury Oak
    7. A Real Rock ‘n’ Roller
    8. Big Night Out In Shrewsbury
    9. That’s Why I Don’t Drink Tequila Anymore
    10. Taylor Swift For President
    11. Our Cat
    12. Happy Birthday Baby
    13. Magicians And Outlaws

    Beans On Toast X Commoners Choir

    The Golden Lion / True North

    Another sonic missive from the wonder that is The Golden Lion - the Calder Valley's premium hub for gigs, Thai food, local beers, alternative club nights and, of course, BRILLIANT RECORDS.

    We find the label sixteen releases deep, traversing the sonic cosmos with all the intrepid dexterity of Alfred Wainwright. We've had new disco, dub, folk, noise, indie - pretty much every known crevice of the modern music landscape has been humbly explored by artists not afraid to cross the streams.

    This latest 7" is quite different to what's come before it - 'A double A-side 7" featuring Beans on Toast and Commoners Choir. This one is a little different to the others. It is a celebration of our valley & the North of England - the landscape, the people, the language & the history.'

    On side A, Beans On Toast delivers a hugely reverential ode to Todmorden, and particularly The Golden Lion - mentioning UFOs, fairies and the local folklore along the way; before settling on the friendly welcome received inside the now world famous boozer. It's a sincere and heartfelt tribute which, if the author wasn't from further afield, might seem slightly inflated and self-indulgent, but for Essex-based Jay McAllister these are genuine words of admiration and respect.

    Commoners Choir meet in Leeds and sing songs 'about the world immediately around us, about inequality, hope, and tory politicians'. "True North" sees them muse about historic northern grit and its influence on factories, mills, cities and fearless exploration. It's a rousing piece that should warm the heart of any True Northerner!

    Whilst squarely aimed at the local clientele of the Calder Valley and its surroundings, the 7" is also a brilliant example of modern folk and choral music and as usual, proudly flies the flag of independence from this influential cultural beacon.



    STAFF COMMENTS

    Matt says: A Leeds choir and an Essex troubadour both sing the praises of the north west and the 'Lion on the latest GLS 7".

    TRACK LISTING

    A. Beans On Toast - The Golden Lion
    B. Commoners Choir - True North

    Beans On Toast

    Survival Of The Friendliest

      “'Survival of the Friendliest' is an album about hope. An album about why I think human beings are beautiful and brave and why I dare to be optimistic in a world full to the brim of bad news. ”Written in early 2021 when the bad news was everywhere. Out priced from the city Beans called home, he and family left and set up shop on the coast. “In my new world, I switched off social media, looked to nature and zoomed out to write songs about a bigger, longer and stranger story. There are no songs about Brexit, about coronavirus, about climate catastrophe. I’d sung those songs already. I’m not naive to the challenges we face as a species and I’m not ignoring that. But in order to tackle our current predicament, I feel we need to be in a good place mentally and spiritually.

      This is an album about finding that peace in preparation for the road ahead. ”The album was recorded around the Summer solstice in the midst of a heatwave, a thunderstorm, a bird song, a glorious sunset and a midnight swim. The music was written with Blaine Harrison and Jack Flanagan of the Mystery Jets at Big Jelly Studios in Ramsgate and produced by Blaine Harrison. The title of the album points to the overarching theme, but as you can imagine things deviate a little, it’s a Beans on Toast record after all. There is of course a Love song, “Let's Get Married Again” was inspired by a flurry of wedding bookings Beans took on in lieu of music festivals during summer 2021. The song “The Commons” was inspired by the Nick Hayes book - The Book of Trespass - and visionary Bristol poet Dizralei joined in to write the song “Apples”, inspired by The Overstory by Richard Powers.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. A Beautiful Place
      2. Stones
      3. Blow Volcano Blow
      4. Not Everybody Thinks We're Doomed
      5. Tree Of The Year
      6. Humans
      7. The Commons
      8. Let's Get Married Again
      9. Apples (feat. Dizraeli)
      10. Ready For Action, Love Yourself.


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