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'Terrorist With a Gentle Heart' is the fourth single from my third album 'No Cages'.

The track will be released on Friday 5th September 2025 and will be available to download and stream from all major sites, as well as from my Bandcamp store.

'Terrorist With a Gentle Heart' is a song about what it's like to be a vegan in a non-vegan world. It was inspired by a friend who once declared to me that vegans are just a bunch of terrorists. 

The album 'No Cages' is available on limited edition CD, and to download and stream.

'No Cages' is my third album, and my first in seven years.

It features the singles 'Simple Life', 'Incomplete' and 'I Would Have Left This Party By Now (If It Wasn't For You)'.

It is my first collection of predominantly animal rights songs and covers topics such as intensive chicken farming, toxic masculinity, humane-washing / greenwashing, and the perception of vegans by a non-vegan world. The project also covers other themes such as loss and loneliness, how technology is disconnecting us from the real world, escaping from the human race, and the beauty of the ground beneath our feet.

It has been a labour of love, taking over two years to complete, delayed by various set-backs, most noticeably damage to my vocal chords.

The album features over 40 contributors from across the world, including Vegan Queen V, Liz Mitchell (Terrorvision), Ian Haywood, Giles Bryant, and Chaos Collective (Blur). It was recorded at Half-ton Studios in Milton by Neil Rogers, mastered by Pete Maher (U2, Pixies), and features artwork by Tom Jones.

Credits

Gavin Chappell-Bates - vocals & guitars
Tim Gifford - bass
Paul Richards - drums
Ian Haywood - piano
Fallon Howe - trumpet
Liz Mitchell - saxophones

Recorded & mixed by Neil Rogers at Half-ton Studios.
Additional recording by Gavin Chappell-Bates at The Drift

Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork by Tom Jones

No Cages

Terrorist With a Gentle Heart

FALLOUT

Can We Pretend We Just Met at a Bar?

ever

Fly Away

US (feat. Eric Bellinger)

I'll be there, waiting on your ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry pill.

Cherry Pill

laugh + dance + cry + repeat

D.K. Lyons is a singer songwriter and producer who’s been turning heads with his lyrical creativity and intrigue since his debut LP in 2020. Pulling influence from the likes of The 1975, The Weeknd, Tom Petty, The Maine and Third Eye Blind, D.K. Lyons is dressing up pop rock to fit to his style perfectly.

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