After Kittin and the The Hacker, more retro pop, partly echoing the smooth 80s synths and delivery of Pet Shop Boys, but also stepping back another way, in this catchy, darkly humorous, Brexit-themed number is a “satirical fever dream set in the wake of our current populist predicament” by the British songwriter. It’s also the title track of his forthcoming album. Out on Domino.
The video is explained by director Sapphire Goss: “Under the white cliffs of Dover there is an area called the Warren, full of strange decaying concrete expanses. We imagined this populist politician trapped in this strange zone, wandering round alone, repeating empty gestures until they become absurd and meaningless. A kind of tragic clown.” To explore more of DC Gore’s work, see also the Spotify embed link below.
Mobile phone-shaped tan lines
The fascist weekender
I caught you preening on the beach
Of Cornwall's oyster bars
And all before the cameras
A dirty one-legged dance
Like Churchill in Afghanistan, you marched on in your pants
As you spoke softly
Slip those arms around me
Belly fat and seaweed
Burning on the beach
So won't you stop explaining
The foreigners invading
Or why it's always raining
It's all the same to me
When I am by the sea
So catch the crack of pigskin
There's bacon on the lens
A legacy we've pissed in sands
Gone floating down the Thames
A local lad who did good
A pint held in your hand
'Cause when they threw the apple, boy
You caught it like a champ
But you spoke softly
Slip those arms around me
Belly fat and seaweed
Burning on the beach
So won't you stop explaining
The foreigners invading
Or why it's always raining
It's all the same to me
When I am by the sea.
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