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Built around a jangly guitar line and a drum pattern that bears a passing resemblance to Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way, this earworm is a lament about the all-too-human tendency to repeat our own worst mistakes. The verses suggest parallels between individuals’ self-destructive behaviour and the destructive behaviour of society as a whole, as we blunder blindly into the ever-worsening climate crisis.

Life On Repeat

Built around a jangly guitar line and a drum pattern that bears a passing resemblance to Fleetwood Mac’s "Go Your Own Way," this is about the human tendency to repeat our own worst mistakes. The lyrics draw parallels between our self-destructive behaviour as individuals, and the disastrous behaviour of society as a whole, as we blunder blindly into the climate crisis.

Life On Repeat (Single Edit)

8 song album of acoustic folk punk hilarity and dark humour

Asleep

You Take Me Higher (Extended Mix)

I’m Not Staying

"A Story That You Tell" is from the forthcoming album "Songs for the Swung". 

https://kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com/

A Story That You Tell

Earlier this year we got into the studio with the virtuosic Otis Lumumba Tabasenge, Congolese guitarist extraordinaire for Kasai Masai and international superstar Kanda Bongo Man. 

Otis’s playing is nothing short of inspirational, and we loved it so much this track turned into a raucous, joyous five and a half minute ode to the music we love.

Funny Old World is a song for anyone trying to make sense of a loss in their life. Or, equally, anyone struggling to come to terms with events thousands of miles away, that nonetheless affect us all. A song for all those who feel alienated by the partisan politics that seems to have become the global standard.

Because however bleak it sometimes feels, the world keeps turning. And we need messages of joy and positivity more than ever.

Funny Old World feat. Otis Lumumba

Vocals: Nubiya Brandon
Bass: Rory Goulcher
Guitar: Tom Excell
Drums: Finn Booth
Trumpet: Ewan McKechnie 
Alto Sax: Nick Richards
Tennor Sax: Dennis Scully
Turntables/Scratching: Tom Davison
Cello: Emma Coleman

Composed and Produced by Tom Excell


Artwork by Decent Peoples
http://www.facebook.com/decentpeoples

Figure Numatic

https://www.facebook.com/cablestreetcollective

https://twitter.com/CSCollective

www.cablestreetcollective.co.uk

Cable Street Collective make rhythm-driven, African-influenced sunshine music that they call Carnival Pop.

With an ear for a catchy tune and a stomping beat, they have been tearing up dance floors and festival stages up and down the country over the last 18 months.

Their music draws on influences like Congolese Soukous and South African Kwela as well as sounds from closer to home such as Primal Scream, the Stone Roses, Major Lazer, the Beta Band, Tune Yards, and the Happy Mondays.

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Funny Old World feat. Otis Lumumba

CableStreetCollective

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