MICHAEL J SHEEHY has announced the release of a download-only single to benefit the Music Venue Trust.
The DREAM CITY FILM CLUB and MIRACULOUS MULE man has just released the acclaimed album Distance is the Soul of Beauty, his first solo album in over a decade.
This Friday 4 December he releases two new songs, 'The Places We Used To Dance', a lament to bygone days and long-closed venues, and 'Baby, Baby, Baby (Can I Tell You Something?)' through Lightning Archive Records.
“It was written a while ago…” says Sheehy about the A-side. “I had in mind The Bull and Gate in Kentish Town and the 12 Bar Club on Denmark Street, two places that will always mean so much to me. Recent events have really driven home just how important these places are and the sad reality is, if we lose them they won’t be replaced. We have to fight tooth and nail. Like many, I’m struggling right now, music is such an important part of my life both as an artist and a punter. The absence of live music has been pretty hard to take and the fact that so many venues are in danger of closing their doors for good is quite frankly, terrifying.”
The single is released exclusively through Bandcamp, who are currently waiving their fees on the first Friday of every month, so all proceeds from sales on that day will go directly to the Music Venue Trust, who've been doing so much to support struggling venues throughout the UK.