Dry wit and powerful irony by the Leeds indie band, with an apocalyptic monologue about what happens when people listen to the likes of Wallace Hartley, the bandleader of the Titanic, as a distraction to the sinking of the ship. With a string section middle eight that then grows and merges with the guitars, that famous scene is recaptured, and also takes in the context of current emerging disasters such as climate change and social schisms in British politics via Brexit. As the band describe: “Wallace’s name is stretched across the door of our local Wetherspoons pub — thinking about the irony of this got me wrapped up in how the metaphor perfectly expressed my feelings towards the political leanings of the area and the general rise of the right-wing in modern England.”
Out on Nice Swan Records. More of the band’s music an also be enjoyed via their Soundcloud embed below.
Two things you should always bring up in public
Religion and politics
Drink our wine, read our literature
This is your church now, your prayers are liquid
We grabbed hold of the wrong revolution and pickled you in it
Got you drunk enough to promise us that you'd quit
Stuck between a rock and a fight we cannot win
But you won't hear the sinking ship over my violin
When the ice is melted, what's the plan?
It's getting hot and we're running out of chance
Will you go find somewhere to dance off the glee
And talk to the foreigners on your street?
Or will you go down?
But, don't focus on that
Focus on my hymn
'Cause you won't hear the sinking ship over my violin …
In broken memory
I endure the agony / irony
Nеarer, my God to thee
Nearer to thee …
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