Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross is the innovative band collaboration between award-winning poet and performer Kevin P. Gilday and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Hector. How I Won the Culture War marks the third album since the beginning of their fruitful collaboration in 2016. Now bolstered by the addition of percussionist Ben Brown, the band have recorded the most fully realised work of their careers so far.
Available Friday, 11th October 2024 via Iffy Folk Records, How I Won the Culture War is a bold and ambitious rebuke to modern mediocrity, charting personal strife and universal anxiety with an unflinching artistry over its ten remarkable tracks. Challenging the divided discourse of contemporary society, the songs tackle head on the erosion of empathy from our civic lives – and the forces at work who shape these destructive narratives. It is a polaroid of now, a testament to our fractious times.
'A unique sonic palette, merging contemporary spoken word and post-punk/electro instrumental arrangements, bringing to the surface each artist's individual musicality.'
★★★★
The List
'Pure Concrete is Glasgow in a nutshell; diverse, boozy, unshrinking, occasionally crude, and often hilarious.'
★★★★
The Wee Review
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