The new Conservative government showed their true, reprehensible colours with the backdoor announcement of their plan to amend the Hunting Act and usher in a return of the cruelest savage of all cruel sports. It seems apt therefore that we have an excellent new song from Ultimate Painting that also lambasts this out-of-touch, arrogant, overpaid government.
The duo of James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes), have announced a new single (I’ve Got The) Sanctioned Blues due to be released 28th August. It’s taken from will their forthcoming sophomore album, Green Lanes which is released on the 7th August via Trouble In Mind Records.
The song laments the unfair benefits system (the sanction of the title, in this instance, being a penalty you get if you fill in a form wrong / miss an appointment) and reminds us (as if we needed it) that the Conservative way has always been particularly hard and cruel on the less fortunate members of society.
Thank goodness we still have bands like Ultimate Painting .
The Fat Angel Sings 