Sadly, Leeds outfit Fold have been forced to relegate fighting the man through the medium of music to the back seat lately due to a variety of factors. So new single Shut Down is appropriately named to some extent though they’ve not completely abandoned their people because – well – here is a new single. In classic Fold manner it underpins a politically progressive speech with suitably atmospheric new music. In this case, that speech is one by the late Mike Ruppert who gave the nod for Fold to use it all the way back in 2009. Back then, Ruppert was predicting that industrialised human society would shut down the next time there was a massive spike in the cost of oil which would collapse the global economy by pricing itself out of the market. Turns out they expedited its release due to the current dick-swinging contest in the Middle East so the music is suitably insectoid and ominous. Cop it off the Fold Bandcamp page, Youtube and a variety of other platforms but don’t expect to find it on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon or Meta because they ain’t messing with the man!
(Out now)
