London ska-punks BUSTER SHUFFLE have announced a new single Unsung Heroes to benefit the World Health Organisation.
The AA-side comprises the songs 'You Spoke Louder Everyday' c/w 'Young But Strong Like No Other' and features guest appearances from some of the band's friends including members of Flogging Molly, Mad Caddies, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Hepcat, Die Toten Hosen, Donots, Talco, The Infidels, Toy Dolls and Rhoda Dakar.
“Whilst on lockdown at home, I kept thinking there must be something we can do," says band frontman Jet Baker. "Both my sisters work for the NHS on the frontline, so I needed to do something to help. I decided to reach out to all the great bands and musicians that we’ve toured with over the years to see if they could lend a hand. When they all started confirming, I knew we had something special on our hands and so we all got to work, recording our parts in isolation.
"The songs are about two brave people who, in their time, faced extreme danger and huge challenges to make changes in the world for others: Iqbal Masih and Ruby Bridges.
"Iqbal Masih was sold into slavery by his parents at 4-years-old to the owner of a carpet factory. After many years of forced labour he eventually escaped. He then decided to help over 3,000 Pakistani children that were in ‘bonded labour’ to escape to freedom and made speeches about child slavery throughout the world.
"Ruby Bridges was the first African-American student to integrate into an elementary school in the South of America. Ruby and her mother were escorted to school by four federal marshals every day that year. Undeterred, she didn’t miss a single day of school, despite all the abuse and the physical threats that she received.”
Check out the video for 'You Spoke Louder Every Day'...
Set for release on 15 July, you can pre-order Unsung Heroes here.