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87 and the Toys - "You"

You and I

You & I, is the next single from the upcoming EP out in June.

You & I

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

It features the singles 'Simple Life' and 'Incomplete'.

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. 

No Cages

Out in Space (featuring Vegan Queen V)

New Thing

Fool Around

Under Your Spell

Indie Rock anthem about piecing yourself together using prescription drugs 

I know it’s growing bad babe
Stained in invasive expansion 
Another weed in the garden 
This so self-proclaimed “king” of sanction

Another weed in the garden
Another reason to root down deep  
Another weed in the garden   
Won’t take my colors out of me

Orchestrated, infiltrated, coordinated, shit you name it 
Your reverse Robinhood 
You serve The 1 of the 1 of the 1 percent
You didn't think all the pawns would have stood

Another weed in the garden
Another reason to root down deep  
Another weed in the garden   
Won’t take my colors out of me

Another weed in the garden
Another reason to root down deep  
Another weed in the garden   
Won’t take my colors out of me
Won’t take my colors out of me

Another weed in the garden
Another weed in the garden
Another weed in the garden
Another weed in the garden


Written, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Collin Idzikowski
Guitar by Collin Idzikowski
Bass by Jenny Giammanco

Weed In The Garden

A story drenched in shadows, where beauty burns and nothing is what it seems.

Murder Ballet

Podcasts by Meghna Choudhury (H.G. Mathura Vasi Devi Dasi)

Pearls of Wisdom :)

10: The Restless Mind - How Can We Control It by Meghna Choudhury (H.G. Mathura Vasi Devi Dasi)

Gavin's third album 'No Cages' is available now. 'Milkshake', the first release from his new musical project, is available from Soundcloud as a free download.

Gavin Chappell-Bates is a vegan indie-alternative-pop-rocker from Cambridgeshire, England. His music has featured on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2. He released his debut album ‘We Are The Ones’ in 2016, on R*E*P*E*A*T Records, followed up by his second album 'The Last One' in 2018. 

Gavin also co-founded Peace On Your Plate, a vegan musical collective, who made it to number 40 in the UK downloads chart in Xmas 2019 with a song of the same name. The collective followed this up with a full album ‘The Forest Garden’. He was also part of an electro-grunge duo, Star Pixel, who released the album ‘Hadron Kaleidoscope’ in 2022.

Out in Space (featuring Vegan Queen V)

Gavin Chappell-Bates

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