I had to express the sense of urgency and emergency that I felt whenever I looked at the headlines.
I was frustrated by a sense of individual powerlessness; what can a songwriter do? The attempt to express these feelings resulted in this song. It is a call, a call to action aimed at myself as much as everyone else, but also a call for connection because I needed to feel like I am not alone in feeling this way.
And for the first time it is not my biggest hope that people like the video to this song, I would prefer that it makes them angry, because there is so much going on in the world that should. There are already more than enough entertaining distractions. The fact is that we are all part of a system that is manipulating and exploiting us while destroying the planet we live in and a lot of people don’t seem aware of that”
Since I started working on this song at the end of 2018, the #climatestrike and #fridaysforfuture and #extinctionrebellion movements began so that was a loud answer to a lot of the questions I had and a pretty big relief if I’m honest.
Reaching out to people is always a factor in songwriting but this song is the strongest expression of that need for connection that I have ever produced.
Can you relate?
Check out the video
youtu.be/6lKEZrfrDpQ
released September 6, 2019
Lead vox & Guitar: Andrew Charlewood
Lead guitar: Fabian Lewey
Bass: Simon Müller
Guest drums: Raphael Schuster
Produced by Andrew Charlewood & Charlywood
Mixed by Alex Lausch of Listen Careful studios Vienna
Mastered by Martin Scheer
Cover art by Andrew Charlewood
Photo by Igor Stevanvic