Backseat Mafia’s Celtic punks, Ferocious Dog, have shared their brand single ‘Sus Laws’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Kleptocracy’ due on the 17th of May via Graphite Records. the track was chosen as it encapsulates the unyielding spirit of resistance against oppression, the theme of the album. Plus, the chorus is a banger to sing along with.
Singer Ken Bonsall comments:
“I got the inspiration from the classic Linton Kwesi Johnson song ‘Sonny’s Lettah’ and the discrimination shown to people invited to the UK for work, where it was the norm to state No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish.
I see hate and division raising its ugly head again in the UK since the Brexit vote, which is condoned by this far right government and police laws being changed to assist in discrimination. A good friend of mine gave me a T shirt for my birthday with the writing on it MORE BLACKS MORE DOGS MORE IRISH and after I’d thanked him I said “I’m going to write a song with these lyrics in” and the rest is history as they say.”
Starting all traditional that Ferocious Dog swagger soon bursts free and we are hit by frantic fiddling and rampaging chords all topped by Ken Bonsall’s powerful voice for freedom. It’s good to be in a world where Ferocious Dog want to create music like this.
Check it out, here
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To celebrate the release of Kleptocracy, Ferocious Dog have announced 14 headline shows and two festival appearances; Stone Valley South and the Bearded Theory. The Kleptocracy tour starts on May 17th at the legendary 100 Club in London, includes the Nottingham Rock City on 18th May, before concluding at the Blackpool Tower on 9th June.
“These performances aren’t just about the music; they’re a rallying cry for change, a space to unite and amplify voices against corruption and injustice.”
Tickets for the tour can be ordered here: https://ferocious-dog.co.uk/live-events/
Ferocious Dog 2024 Kleptocracy tour dates:
May
- Fri 17th 100 Club London
- Sat 18th Rock City Nottingham
- Sun 19th The Globe Cardiff
- Mon 20th Phoenix Exeter
- Tue 21st Chalk Brighton
- Wed 22ndBooking Hall Dover
- Thu 23rd Mash Cambridge
- Fri 24th Nightrain Bradford
- Sat 25th Stone Valley South Hertfordshire
- Sun 26th Bearded Theory Derbyshire
- Fri 31st MK11 Milton Keynes
June
- Sat 1st Guildhall Gloucester
- Sun 2nd The Drill Lincoln
- Fri 7th The Georgian Theatre Stockton-on-tees
- Sat 8th Old Fire Station Carlisle
- Sun 9th Blackpool Tower Blackpool
