Mayday, Mayday! It’s May 1st, 2019 – today is the day my album The Species That Knew Too Much is now available online!
You can find it here:
- Spotify
- iTunes / Apple Music
- CD Baby
- …and other reputable digital outlets.
This online album release is the culmination of a 3 year labour of love. As I say in the liner notes to the CD:
“I felt compelled to write these songs as I became convinced that if we continue on our current path of overexploiting our planet, causing climate change and loss of biodiversity, our own species will become extinct. Scientists have been raising the alarm about these issues for some time and yet, incredibly, many people continue to deny the facts, while the rest of us stand by helplessly. We are the most intelligent species on the planet, but we’re still primates persisting in violent and self-destructive behaviour that makes our extinction more likely. This album is dedicated to a perhaps impossible dream – that we might somehow, as a people, finally stop fighting each other and instead start working together to save our planet and survive as a species.”
So, this is my “apocalyptic concept album” that talks about the climate emergency and how it’s part of a set of existential threats to our species that we are facing. But, we’re not standing by helplessly anymore; instead we’re taking to the streets and pressuring governments to finally start taking it seriously. I took part in the recent protests in London by donating part of my album proceeds to Extinction Rebellion (XR); by appearing on Sky News with XR to talk about it; and playing in Parliament Square with the Spanner Big Band; and (for those who are still in denial, or unwilling, or unable to accept the science on these issues), I’ve started a blog post, which I’ll add to over time, to collect links to articles supporting the science; it’s sobering reading, but if you’re interested, that blog post is here.
Since this record is meant to be a “concept album”, I’d be grateful if you’d listen to it like we used to listen to albums in the old days… from beginning to end. And remember, independent music these days is a numbers game, so any support you can give me is much appreciated – please consider “liking” and “following” me on facebook, Twitter, Spotify etc.
Thanks for your interest and attention. Peace, love and science.
– dB, 2019-05-01
