The Academic have shared their new single ‘Kids (Don’t End Up Like Me)’, the first taste of their newly announced ‘Community Spirit’ EP.You can take a listen to the anthemic track, one of a number of songs recorded by the band during lockdown, below.‘Kids (Don’t End Up Like Me)’ is one of the first songs I remember writing back when I was a teenager.
It was the first time that lyrics had come very easy to me,” said vocalist Craig Fitzgerald. “It’s written about the fear of not getting out of your hometown and amounting to anything.“Thanks to the lockdown, I had plenty of time on my hands, but nothing to write about, so I started looking through all my old notebooks and found this song fully written.
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