{"id":1754,"date":"2019-12-02T18:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2019-12-02T18:25:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T18:25:34","slug":"beans-on-toast-brings-the-worlds-problems-into-sharp-focus-on-his-latest-birthday-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=1754","title":{"rendered":"Beans On Toast brings the world&#8217;s problems into sharp focus on his latest birthday album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>ALBUM REVIEW: Beans On Toast &#8211; The Inevitable Train Wreck (BOT Music)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?resize=640%2C643\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?resize=1020%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?resize=768%2C771&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cover-Beans-on-Toast-The-Inevitable-Train-Wreck-.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beans On Toast\u00a0is the stage name used by British folk singer\u00a0Jay McAllister\u00a0from Braintree, Essex, who rose to prominence out of the UK folk scene in 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s a clever songwriter specialising in\nincisive social commentary, with his favoured topics including life, love and politics.\nThis is his 11<sup>th<\/sup> studio album, released, as has become traditional,\non his birthday, December 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s become something of a cult figure,\ntouring with the likes of Frank Turner, Skinny Lister and Flogging Molly, but\nthis record is something of a departure from his usual method of operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a start, it\u2019s a collaborative effort\nwith Lewis and Kitty Durham from the family band Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, and\nsecondly it\u2019s surprisingly upbeat given the subject matter \u2013 environmental\nchange and the worryingly bleak future of the human race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tone of the album is set by opening\ntrack and lead single World Gone Crazy, a fast-paced rock \u2018n\u2019 roll tune which points\nout \u201ceverywhere you look there\u2019s another catastrophe\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?resize=640%2C469\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?resize=1024%2C751&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?resize=768%2C563&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beans-on-toast.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Beans On Toast. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere, Rich vs Poor is a bluesy\nnumber about the wars of the future, which slams \u201ca handful of rich cunts not\nanswerable to anyone\u201d, and Extinction No. 6 bemoans the environmental chaos our\nchildren will inherit due to rapid climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saying\nThank You to Robots is a ska-tinged song about the rise of artificial\nintelligence, England, I Love You addresses the rise of unelected PM Boris\nJohnson and the uncertainty of Brexit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a slightly lighter note, Take Your Shit Home With You is a\nself-explanatory plea to festival-goers, while Lost Poetry Department is a jaunty\nditty about the day he lost his beloved guitar &nbsp;&#8211; \u201cthere was no one else to blame, the day I\nleft Martin on the train\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closing On &amp; On takes us back to a more familiar Beans sound \u2013 back on the acoustic guitar and finding hope with lyrics like \u201cThere\u2019s never been a safer time to be a human being, there\u2019s less wars than ever before, less disease and less famine\/Obesity claims more lives than starvation, more people die from old age than lack of medication\u201d. 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