Bob Vylan share gritty new single ‘Hunger Games’

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Bob Vylan have shared a defiant new single called ‘Hunger Games’. Check it out below.Shared today (January 5), the track marks the first new music from the duo in 2024, and is the latest offering from their upcoming album.The track holds a political message at its core – with frontman Bobby Vylan using the lyrics to express his frustration at the “economic crisis” happening in the UK, and the hardships faced by those left struggling to afford food.“‘Hunger Games’ is like a rallying cry for everybody that’s sick of suffering due [to] this economic crisis that we’re living with,” he explained. “‘Cost of living crisis’ makes it sound neat and tidy, but it’s a direct result of years of austerity, politicians that prioritise their selfish desires before the good of the country and a capitalist system that is allowing landlords, and big companies to operate unchecked.”“It talks about the economic hardships many of us are facing but it doesn’t just leave it there.

It offers hope and inspiration,” he added. “It attempts to remind people of the power and worth that we possess despite our financial earnings.”Check out the new track below.‘Hunger Games’ comes as the latest taster of Bob Vylan’s upcoming album, ‘Humble As The Sun’.

Set to be released on April 5, the album was first announced last October and will be their first new LP since ‘Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life’, which arrived in 2022.Available to pre-order here – the band assured fans that the upcoming release will continue with much of the rage and urgency that they have come to be known and loved for, yet see them evolve as songwriters and become “stronger and wiser” with their experience.It was first announced alongside the brazen lead single ‘He’s A Man’, and.