Funky Nature looked across the musical landscape of the early 2020s and wondered “where did all the bands go?”

It would appear since the great cull of 2009 - when the revenue switch went from recordings to live performance - that major labels decided signing bands wasn’t a good idea anymore. Thus leaving the progenitors of new music to be almost all solo artists.

Well, Funky Nature thinks otherwise!

Stay Prest Sighs

Do What You Are Told

From its ominous opening coral rumblings to the aggressive guitar chops, this rocking number (while homage to 'Papa was a Rolling Stone') dances effortlessly along to the mantra of the phrase 'New World Order' in between MC Cloudy’s personal take.

Becky’s strong vocal stance in the chorus about standing strong against the tide pitted against the rapper's lighter approach. 

Heavily sampled outtakes of Bush and Blair speeches help add icing to this musical cake of doom.

N.W.O

A direct critic of the negative effects of lockdowns and the social contracts that were being flouted and questioned at a time when we were being constrained and policed like no other time in history.  

This electro indie-pop number laments the notion that from despair, there is hope and from Darkness, light.

Mr Rule

The first funky Nature track to have 4 lead vocals on the same track.

A Motown-esque driven groove that doffs its cap from the songwriting styles of Carol King to the late 80s Manchester indie sounds of The Stone Roses.

The lyrical content swings from serious to seriously funny as it flirts with the most on-trend of subject matters.

From lizard queens to M K ultra the conspiracy lore is well covered in this upbeat and catchy song.

Conspiracy

Falling down the rabbit is worth this upbeat indie disco-driven rock-pop extravaganza.

The protest song for today’s thwarted musical troubadour. Don’t get mad - get really mad, and turn the madness into a song.

Bands wanna tell the world the way it shouldn’t be as much as the way it should - this is that!

From Cloudy’s annoyance at the closed minds of the fearful to Jason and Becky's disbelief in curtailed for speaking one's mind.

The lyrics point to an ever-increasing sense of anger to the end's climactic end - always rising in energy and pace.