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The band telling the history of a city by songs

The formula has brought them success both at home and abroad.

Earlier in 2024 they supported Belle & Sebastian at the veteran indie-pop band’s homecoming shows in the city, while their version of German protest song ‘Die Moorsoldaten/Peat Bog Soldiers’ was placed in the archives of a concentration camp where it was known to have been sung.

Actress Maxine Peake also asked the group to perform at the the Working Class Movement Library in Salford.

“I think there’s a massive thirst for people who have ideas about things,” says David.

“You don’t have to agree with what we’re saying in order to engage with it.

“If the songs weren’t good then the project would fall on its rear end, but there’s an interest there.

“When I was a kid I was politicalised by music like the Jam and the Clash and the Specials.

“When the Specials were on Top of the Pops we’d be at rallies yelling ‘black and white unite’ to fight against fascism.

“There is scope for more political acts – you’re seeing that now in Ireland with bands like Kneecap.”


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