LOUIS BARABBAS & THE BEDLAM SIX WILL GIVE AWAY THEIR NEW SINGLE FREE ON MOTHER’S DAY. SIMPLY CLICK HERE AND LEAVE A MOTHER’S DAY COMMENT - THE BEST ONES WILL THEN BE READ OUT LIVE ON BBC RADIO MANCHESTER ON SAM WALKER’S SHOW.

IN YOUR MESSAGE PLEASE STATE WHETHER YOU’D LIKE US TO:

1. EMAIL THE MP3 TO YOU DIRECT

2. EMAIL IT DIRECT TO YOUR MUM

3. EMAIL YOU A DOWNLOAD CODE TO SAVE YOUR INBOX THE STRAIN
   
   

BELOW IS THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE AND VIDEO

Unlikely Mummy’s Boy Louis Barabbas, better known for his high-energy live performances and vitriolic lyrics, has announced that he will distribute his new single to mothers across the world free on UK Mother’s Day (14th March 2010), the day before its official release on Debt Records.

The song - aptly entitled Mother - sees Louis address themes of filial angst typically eschewed by more mainstream songwriters.
He doesn’t think his choice of subject matter is a strange one though:

“Why aren’t there more songs about the Mother/Son relationship? It’s one of the stock dramas, deep set in pretty much every myth going… that bond is so terrifying - in every sense - it’s both terrific and terrible.”

He goes on to wonder:

“Why does the music industry keep on churning out the same old inferior shadows of Peggy Sue when there are far richer models to revamp: Volumnia, mother of Coriolanus; Jocasta, mother of Oedipus - now that’s really destructive, properly violent, mind-altering love… Romeo and Juliet were such light-weights.”

So in what form will this give-away manifest itself?

Well, as much as we wanted to have a 7” vinyl pressing wrapped in the Maestà of Duccio waiting on every mother’s doormat, it’s just not possible in the current financial climate. The internet will, consequently, be our agent here. Visitors of the Debt website will be able to pick up the free single there and fans will have the option of giving us their mother’s email address so that we can send it direct. A selection of Mother’s Day messages will be published in the Debt Records news pages and the favourites read out on the evening of Mothering Sunday on BBC Manchester where Louis and the band will be in session to promote the release.

If you miss the offer, the record will be out through the usual channels on Monday 15th March.

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