The Levellers have released the brand new single ‘Food Roof Family’, the first track to be taken from their forthcoming new studio album Peace, which will be released on the August 14 via On The Fiddle Recordings. Whilst the video confronts the misleading and deceptive tactics used by the media to marginalise the vulnerable, the track blazes with anger and urgency and its lyrical concerns are unvarnished and unambiguous.

“Everybody needs those three things, it doesn’t matter where you’re from,” says singer / guitarist Mark Chadwick. “It’s something that we all crave. Why does anybody want more roof than anybody else, or more food than anybody else, or want to kill anybody else’s family. It doesn’t make any sense.”

Peace arrives almost eight years since the Brighton band’s last album of original material, 2012’s Static On The Airwaves, though the band – completed by Simon Friend (guitar/vocals), Jon Sevink (fiddle), Charlie Heather (drums) and Matt Savage (keyboards) – have been far from idle.

During that time, they’ve toured the world multiple times and released 2018’s acclaimed We The Collective, which featured acoustic versions of several classic Levellers songs and was their highest charting album in more than two decades.

Now on the upcoming tour the band are partnering with local homeless charities in each town and encouraging fans to bring items along to donate whether it be a hat, coat or toiletries and more. The Facebook events page for each gig will have a list of anything specifically needed. This has stemmed from Charlie and Matt working with the group, Sussex Homeless Support. This has included raising at their Beautiful Days Festival last year as well as continued support throughout the year, from taking part in the World’s Big Sleep Out in Brighton to helping at a local Street Kitchen, making a massive donation from their concert at The Brighton Dome and producing badges to raise funds for SHS. This sense of positivity that the band possess is brought to life by the album’s striking artwork of a vivid phoenix painted, like all of the band’s covers, by Jeremy Cunningham.

LEVELLERS 2020 UK TOUR

FEBRUARY

12        Bury St Edmunds, The Apex SOLD OUT

13        Bury St Edmunds, The Apex SOLD OUT

14        Falmouth, Princess Pavilion SOLD OUT

15        Falmouth, Princess Pavillion SOLD OUT

16        Falmouth, Princess Pavillion SOLD OUT

26        Brecon, Theatre Brycheiniog SOLD OUT

27        Port Talbot, Princess Theatre SOLD OUT

28        Blackwood, Miners Institute SOLD OUT

29        Llandudno, Venue Cymru

 

MARCH

01        Liverpool, Grand Central

19        Guildford, G Live

20        Norwich, Uea

21        Margate, Dreamland

 

APRIL

29        Sheffield, Leadmill SOLD OUT

30        Coventry, Empire

 

MAY

01        Holmfirth, Picturedrome SOLD OUT

02        Holmfirth, Picturedrome SOLD OUT

13        Hastings, White Rock Theatre

14        Frome, Cheese & Grain SOLD OUT

15        Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre

16        Southampton, O2 Guildhall

 

JUNE

20        Birmingham, Digbeth Arena - A Beautiful Day Out with guests

27        Bristol, Harbourside - A Beautiful Day Out with guests

 

AUGUST

21-23   Devon, Beautiful Days Festival

 

OCTOBER

07        Eindhoven, Effenaar (Nl)

08        Amsterdam, Paradiso (Nl)

09        Koln Gloria, (De)

10        St Niklaas, Casino (Be) SOLD OUT

11        Depot, Leuven (Be)

 

NOVEMBER

04        York, Barbican

05        Dundee, Fat Sams

06        Stirling, Albert Halls

07        Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms

08        Aberdeen, Lemon Tree

18        St Albans, Arena

19        Scunthorpe, The Baths Hall

20        Manchester, Albert Hall

21        Manchester, Albert Hall

 

DECEMBER

03        Lancaster, Town Hall

04        Nottingham, Rock City

05        Nottingham, Rock City SOLD OUT

 

 

The glamorous artist Lux Lyall has shared the video for her mesmerising fourth single ‘Mad With The Moon’, which will feature on her debut album Vamp, set for release on April 24. The track evolved from a heartbreak ballad to a fiery power anthem and the accompanying video shows her exorcising her demons and letting go of ghosts as she waltzes through the rich and expansive tones, reflecting on heartache, acceptance the importance of self-love. 

‘Mad With The Moon’ is the fourth instalment from the up and coming starlet, revealing more of the allure and elegance contained within Vamp. Produced by Drew Richards, the album boasts an evocative style that is sweet with a hint of menace, drawing elements of old Hollywood noir charm and alt-pop laced with emotion and a hint of.

Her stunning debut ‘Teeth’ draws on personal and emotional survival linked with mental health, while the follow-up, ‘Switchblade Baby’ is an ode to the supportive female friends in Lux’s life. The previously shared ‘Gun Metal Horses’, is a song about longing for the past whilst fearing for the future, while elsewhere Lux shows her fierce side with the hypnotic ‘Baby Is A Vamp’ addressed to men whose girlfriends are too good for them and the the slinky murder fantasy ‘Kitty Collins’ inspired by Ava Gardner’s character in The Killers.

Armed with a collection of theatrical songs steeped in sumptuous strings with roots in Camden’s gritty rock haunts, Lux Lyall is set to have an incredible year. With more music, striking visuals and live shows to come, this is just the beginning.

Vamp Track Listing

1.     Mad With The Moon

2.     Switchblade Baby

3.     Teeth

4.     Gun Metal Horses

5.     Baby Is A Vamp

6.     Here’s to You

7.     Kitty Collins

8.     Ritual

9.     Wayward Girls And Wicked Women

10.   Hotel Bar

11.   Waiting Room