Single · November 6th, 2012 · Blood Red 7” vinyl, digital download & all streaming platforms
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Released on the day Obama was re-elected in 2012 as our first ever single, Mr President, We’re In Trouble still rings true
We released Mr President, We’re In Trouble on election day in the hope that anybody listening would take a step back and try to look at this day from a broader perspective than the immediately apparent two party contest. The problems of our nation and indeed our world are deeper than economic recession and energy supply shortages as Jimmy Carter suggested in 1979.
Our record reflects on the fact that for whatever reason within the fabric of our society we have collectively allowed the things that matter most to us as human beings—particularly those innate qualities of love and community—to become subordinate to the profit motive and accumulation of personal wealth. This is a sad state of affairs and we believe that most people find it fundamentally unacceptable.
We think that it is neither fair nor productive to blame any person or group of people for this. If we want things to truly change we must each accept our own responsibility for allowing the world to be the way it is and start to both think and act differently. We do need our leaders to set an example but each of us must do the same and lead by example within our own lives, families, circles of friends, jobs and wider communities.
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Press
“Instro-loop/sample laden 7″ which take an Orb like approach to laid-back compositions and mixes up some deep spoken word samples (from Jimmy Carter and Mike Ruppert no less) with some of that blissful beat backing…It all makes a strong musical point! Recommended!”
Jumbo Records, Leeds
“What Fold does with speech recordings is very cool. They’re able to twist the speeches, reflect on world problems, and make it all sound cohesive and pleasant at the same time.”
Nancy Hoang, Hopeless Thunder
