Darwin and The Finches plan a Lover-ly start to the year

'Lover' is the follow up to their debut single, 'breathe. In. Out'

The band, have not been on the circuit since March after cancelling all their gigs owing to the pandemic; but it's been a busy 2020 for the three piece who have producing an array of material for their YouTube channel and other social media.

Front man Mick Shanagher said: 'Lover is about how it feels to be in the midst of the crisis that we're all facing right now as a nation, as a result of more than a decade of being dictated to by Tory millionaires that seem to have no concept of what life is like for ordinary working class people.

"We're from Blackpool, a place that was struggling before Covid and Brexit, and now, as with much of the North, seems to be even less of a priority for our rulers in the South.

"It's about the state of the world right now....but it is also a reflective snapshot of what a potent force we can be as a people if we stand together and believe that we have the power, and not just 'hail the king'.

"Lover is the positive, the affirmed, the route to freedom from whatever you might be stuck in'.

As well as the music the band have produced a series of interviews, music videos and films documenting the inspiration and motivation behind their music 'for the unrepresented'.

Bass player Andy Bache added: 'We wrote the song in our rehearsal room above a pub in town, in the very brief period between lockdowns.

"Now the pub's shut again, so we've not been able to rehearse for ages, and we haven't played a gig for even longer.

"We've never played 'Lover' to an audience, but it's had a live debut when we played the Bootleg Social in Blackpool, where ironically, there was still no audience present.'

The show will be Live Streamed from 7pm on Bootleg's facebook page, and the single will be available on Spotify, iTunes and all other streaming platforms from New Year's Day.

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