THE LEVELLERS – SINGLE REVIEW

The Levellers – Drug Bust McGee (On the Fiddle Recordings) 

The Levellers - Drug Bust McGee

Release Date: Out Now

I was kinda waiting for the Levellers to resurface what with all the upheaval in the world and social injustices rattling around at the moment. As reliably obtuse as ever the Levellers’ new single ‘Drug Bust McGee’ is a latter day Pogues-esque shuffle hanging off a warm piano riff and dripping in lush strings with that unmistakable Mark Chadwick vocal cutting through like a rusty knife through butter. There’s storytelling and world weariness in there that Elbow would kill for but also a sweetness and genuine affection for the subject and the song craft that is massively endearing. I hope that when their time comes, this is one of the songs that the Levellers are remembered for and not just because of the Abbey Road recording and John Leckie production.

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Live Dates:

1^st February – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow

2^nd February – William Aston Hall, Wrexham

3^rd February – Charter Theatre, Preston

4^th February – Roundhouse, London

13^th March – Opera House, Buxton

14^th March – Town Hall, Cheltenham

15^th March – Westlands, Yeovil

16^th March – Barbican, York

17^th March – The Stables, Milton Keynes

18^th March – Philharmonic, Liverpool

20^th March – The Anvil, Basingstoke

21^st March – Corn Exchange, Cambridge

22^nd March – De Montfort Hall, Leicester

23^rd March – De La Warr Pavilion, Brexhill

24^th March – Cathedral, Winchester

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