Anarcho-punk pioneers CONFLICT celebrate their late friend Benjamin Zephaniah on the new single and video.
'Cut The Crap' is taken from This Much Remains, the band's first new album in more than two decades, and features the rasta poet's words and vocals, as well as appearing in the accompanying video.
“Benjamin is a legend, and I really felt a weight of responsibility when writing the adjoining lyrics to this song,” admits duel-vocalist Fiona Friel. “I had some of his books, so I went to peruse through them and started with ‘Windrush Child’ as I felt the subject matter would tie in well. Immediately I saw the line 'I am history' and that’s all I needed. I put the book straight down and wrote and wrote and wrote. So much so, once in the studio I had to cut over half of what I had written. I hope I’ve done him proud.”
Order This Much Remains here.
Catch the band live at...
03/05 THE UNDERGROUND, BRADFORD UK
16/05 LOST LANE, DUBLIN IE
17/05 THE DEER’S HEAD, BELFAST NI
05/06 BUMS, BARROW-IN-FURNESS UK
06/06 AUDIO, GLASGOW UK
07/06 LA BELLE ANGELE, EDINBURGH UK
08/06 STAR & GARTER, MANCHESTER UK
17-19/07 POD PAROU FESTIVAL CZ
25/07 DLB FESTIVAL, FERRARA IT
26/07 REFUSE FESTIVAL, PEINE DE
09/08 REBELLION, BLACKPOOL UK
29/08 ENCORE, SUNDBYBERG SE
30/08 DALFESTIVALEN, DALSJÖFORS, SE
31/08 LOPPEN, COPENHAGEN DK
09/10 THE ANVIL, BOURNEMOUTH UK
10/10 THE CASTLE & FALCON, BIRMINGHAM UK
11/10 THE FACEBAR, READING UK
Pic by Simon Balaam