02 - Movies - Baked MAR 22 2024

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

You & I

'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

Love Is Hard

We Thought We Were Grown

This song starts out with a folksy ukulele intro, but quickly kicks off into a fun pop-punky ballad!

Buy on iTunes!

Overflow

New Thing

MPH is an energetic song taking influence from 00s alternative bands like Interpol & Bloc Party. The lyrics deal with singer Conor’s experience of ADHD and trying to understand how his brain works, mainly focussing on overthinking and not being able to switch off with music being the only way to help. 
Brought to life by producer Lewis Johnson Kellett (Pale Blue Eyes), the song is driven by a rapid drum beat and bassline as the song develops around a central chord progression with catchy interlocking guitar melodies before crashing out into a slower reverb-soaked outro. MPH has been a staple of By Wednesday’s set for the past year, firmly cementing itself as the finale of the set that pumps the crowd up for one last dance. 
By Wednesday will be celebrating the release of MPH with a headline show at Manchester’s Yes Basement on Saturday 6th September, before then you can follow their updates on Instagram where you will find all the videos and photos from their tractor-themed shoot for MPH.

Let the Light Flow

Indie Rock anthem about piecing yourself together using prescription drugs 

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.

Terrorist With a Gentle Heart

Gavin Chappell-Bates

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