This song was written just after I'd read about the attacks on Beit Lahia and is the catalyst for my latest EP.

Black Night In Beit Lahia

This track was based on a diary entry written by a Palestinian just two months after the attacks had started. My hope was to tell the story so people gained a better understanding of what Palestinians are going through.

No Energy Left To Hope

The River Don't Lie

A Drop In The Ocean

A song that aims to highlight the current debate of Asylum Seeking within the UK.

Welcome Or Not?

On the 29th July 2025 I lost my nephew. It's been a few of weeks of mixed emotions and it came to a point where I didn't know how to deal with them. I finally got the release I needed but it's a release that neither myself nor the rest of the family should ever have had to deal with. It's been many years since the whole of that side of my family has been together in the same room and I've found it extremely comforting to be around them. We've all been there for each other without question. And now, we rebuild. My heart still aches, more for his Mum, Step Dad and brother than it ever could for me.

I've been writing songs that are meant to start conversations. I wrote this not long after he passed. I didn't know whether I would record it or not but many people requested that I did so here it is.

Lads - we've got to look after each other. The signs aren't always there but keep an eye on your bros. Ask the difficult questions, make the difficult conversations, engage in all the male Gen X/Millenial banter but please just be there for each other. And when someone isn't in the right headspace they don't always talk so just double check on your boys every now and then. It's worth being called soft if it stops your mate from not being there anymore.

No Medal For Silence

This song is about how somebody shouldn't be shot and killed for having a different opinion to you but also, don't forget about the thousands of dead children lying under bombed buildings in other parts of the world.

(Blood Cannot Be Spilled) To Make Things Right

Multi-instrumentalist writing solo music to raise awareness of local, national and global conflicts & support charities. Making music that matters. 🎶🌍

David Shingler

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