IN the midst of a period of upheaval and uncertainty for the country at large, Frightened Rabbit have taken it upon themselves to perfectly summarise the situation in their own trademark style.
After Theresa May’s snap election plans to attain a majority capsized and we now stare down the barrel of an archaic Tory coalition with the DUP,
Eschewing any conventional genre definition on the Soundcloud link and opting for a succinct message of ‘Fuck The Tories’ instead, the sincerity and poignance of this defiant message only intensifies once Scott Hutchison’s heartrending vocals burst into life.
Backed by little more than downtrodden guitar and a smattering of synth, ‘Fields Of Wheat’ (A prodding jibe at Theresa May’s proclamation of the ‘naughtiest’ thing she’d ever done) personifies the potential grimness that many face with thought provoking statements such as ‘pretty soon apart from the love we give and get back from our families, nothing will be free.’
Clarifying why the track has been released as a standalone offering, the band have stated that “We made this today. It felt like the song should go out now, because it’s about what’s happening now, it’s about where we live and if we waited too long the sentiment could go stale.”
Check out ‘Fields Of Wheat’ now below and catch the band headlining Electric Fields at Drumlanrig Castle on the 1st-2nd September.
