The Beat (Starring Dave Wakeling)
Release Date: 29 June 2018
Label: Here We Go Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5037300832333
Genres: Reggae
Description
The Beat Starring Dave Wakeling return with their first studio album since 1982. ‘Here We Go Love’, is a brand-new collection of 13 vital songs that have their feet in the here and now, but lose none of the fire and frenzy of those timeless immediate classics that made the band’s name.
As engaged and switched on as ever, Dave Wakeling’s lyrics draw from observing life; and given the tumultuous events of recent months his thoughts on what holds us together, but also the impermanence that underscores the human condition have never been more relevant. ‘Here We Go Love’ has been crafted over the last two years in breaks from touring, Wakeling and the band having performed around a thousand shows.
‘Here We Go Love’ represents a culmination of a lengthy journey for Wakeling, a man who has been described as ‘a singer-songwriter as savagely witty as Elvis Costello’ (Rolling Stone) and who ‘ought to be spoken of in the same breath as Weller and Strummer in the post-punk pantheon of heroes’ (The Quietus). Honouring The Beat’s roots, without being beholden to the past, Dave Wakeling’s reappraisal starts here.
Tracklisting
The Beat (Starring Dave Wakeling)
Beat Starring Dave Wakelin
Viceroys
Wayne Smith
Tenor Saw
Barrington Levy
George Dekker
Various Artists
Niney And The Observers
Linval Thompson, JonQuan, Victor Rice
