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Jon Langford's Lucky Seven Series, Part 1

by Jon Langford

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    This series of singles was inspired by those fine musicians who regularly use their medium as a means of encouraging political change, expressing those truths which go untold in mainstream media, offering perspective to the inquisitive and camaraderie to fellow travellers.

    We are at a strange moment. Economic and political tensions building in the decades since the Reagan / Thatcher era are exploding throughout much of the world. A worldwide pandemic has exposed further exposed the inequality and injustice which affects many more people than the number who benefit from it. In their small way, these songs hope to speak to all of this and more.

    We envision 23 singles in all, but these will initially be sold in volumes of three. A single will be announced every month or so, when all three singles in a volume have been announced, they will be shipped together. We're calling this a "Jon Langford" series of releases, but many other musicians will be involved and included along the way - occasionally even without Jon's presence. "Extras" will be announced along the way as well. Due to the labour and expense involved in this project, quantities are strictly limited, though it's likely that some of the tracks will appear again at some distant time.

    The a-side of the first single is Jon with one of his many bands, the excellent Skull Orchard, performing a new song, "Losers", for which he and James Langford have made a video, which you can find on this Bandcamp page (click on the song), YouTube and other outlets.

    The b-side has GW Sok and OMA performing a recitation of "Aberfan 1966", written by Jon to record his feelings on the morning of the 50th anniversary of the disaster, and "to talk publicly about the that singular event the scarred my childhood." Sok was one of the primary members of the Dutch band The Ex - who collaborated with Jon in numerous ways throughout the years. Its relevance to the death of innocents by the hand of greed and corporate irresponsibility is more apt today than ever. We consider GW Sok and OMA's elegiac rendition the brief prayer before before righteous action.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Jon Langford's Lucky Seven Series, Part 1 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Soldiers coming home from another holy war - did you fight to win or are you losers? Walk back into a game show where the fortunate will spin and beggars won’t be choosers. I’ll walk a mile in your shoes and this is what I’ll say. I have your shoes now I’m a mile away - & the gap’s been getting wider every hour, since Reagan came to power. Miners in the coal field who don’t go underground, Workers in the Rust Belt your factory’s shut down. You’ve been replaced by robots and slave labor and I’m not coming to save you. I’ll walk a mile in your shoes but your shoes do not fit. My shoes are better and the heels go click click click - they march in time and follow orders dragging children to the border. Yeah I’ll walk a mile in your shoes but you know I’d rather ride so my little hands can wander anywhere that they decide - from sea to shining sea I will abuse you, I am growing like a tumor. Scientists and teachers you’re not needed any more, legal and illegal fear that knocking on the door. The mission is to frighten and confuse you - distract and call you losers, you’re all losers, losers, losers, losers, now we’re all losers.
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released September 19, 2020

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Jon Langford Chicago, Illinois

He sleeps an hour a night. Upon waking, he paints two pictures, writes four songs, and forms another band.

Jon Langford is utter class, and although he need not prove it, he's recording twenty-three 7" singles over the next few years to both dazzle and radicalise you.

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