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Vol 1

by Plague Songs

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1.
The Enemy Within 01:26
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Freedom 01:47
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3.
Pallbearers 01:38
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4.
Orca Sing Near Moorgate 02:01
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5.
Witches 01:57
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6.
Following The Science 02:32
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The Angry White Man Blues 02:53
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Barney Castle 01:01
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Backbone 01:42
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10.
Pandemic Porn 01:19
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Herd Immunity 02:29
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Lockets 01:19
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13.
Anchorites 01:38
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They've Cancelled Death 02:18
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15.
Hauet Couture (In The High Style) 03:18
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16.
Killer Matt 03:18
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17.
Language 01:05
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Plague Songs are 'furious, bleakly funny and often offensive songs about Covid and broken Britain, written during lockdown.

Martin Rowson (whose work the Daily Mail once denounced in a full-page editorial as, ‘disgusting, deranged... sick and offensive,’) has written challenging lyrics in response to the political and social climate surrounding the pandemic. These have been set to music by Jon Tregenna and performed by a variety of actors and singers.

‘Powerful stuff. Words and music as angry and disturbing as these present times.’ - Ken Loach

‘Eerily reminiscent of Christopher Logue’s jazz poetry of the 60s “Redbird” - Jonathan Pryce

‘…prolific, far out and beautifully performed.’ - Gillies Mackinnon‘

‘Another repellent, ghastly and entirely necessary piece of work from Martin Rowson. Who needs to bother creating their own nightmares when Martin is so eager to draw them for us.’ - Robin Ince


‘There’s been some great things in and around lockdown, and this is up there. Give it a listen. Well done Martin Rowson & Jon Tregenna.’ - Keith Allen

‘Angry, absurd, witty and strangely sad, these songs capture the highs and lows of the Covid crisis: the personal tragedies and the public farce. Tregenna provides a rich, diverse and often haunting soundscape; while Rowson’s dexterous verse proves once again that he really can do this poetry lark. Not bad for a bloke who colours in for a living.’ - Luke Wright

‘This is art as public enquiry, probing into the dark places to see what went wrong in dealing, or not dealing with coronavirus, even as other ills spread throughout society at a pandemic lick. It’s a troubling watch but then this is weapons-grade artistic material designed to shock and unsettle and castigate. And shock it does, like licking your finger twice before inserting it into the National Grid. That grade of shocking. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.’ - Jon Gower, Nation.Cymru

(nation.cymru/culture/review-plague-songs-is-weapons-grade-artistic-material-designed-to-shock-and-unsettle/)

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released July 7, 2020

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Plague Songs are 'furious, bleakly funny and often offensive songs about Covid and a bewildered broken Britain, written during lockdown.

3 albums, 52 songs, 28 performers

'Powerful stuff. Words and music as angry and disturbing as these present times.' Ken Loach.

Words - Martin Rowson. Music - Jon Tregenna.

Performed by a cast of incredible actors and singers. Details of these on each track. ... more

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