GLEN MATLOCK RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘MAGIC CARPET RIDE’ FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, ‘CONSEQUENCES COMING’
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Glen Matlock today releases his second single from his forthcoming album ‘Consequences Coming’
‘Magic Carpet Ride’ follows his politically-charged radio single “Head On A Stick” which was released last month.
“Magic Carpet Ride, with its fingers crossed Instant Karma esque groove, is part of a quartet of so of songs from my forthcoming album, Consequences Coming,” says Matlock. “It attempts to deal with the road to nowhere journey we are being whisked on, to who knows where, who knows how and who the blinking flip knows why and is a sincere pleading that it is not the cul de sac that it promises to be, with the only escape route being the garden gate installed for a laugh by the flat earth society.”
Glen continues, “It also has great slide guitar by Earl Slick.”
Listen to ‘Magic Carpet Ride’ below:
His persona these days may be that of a stylish rock gent, but as always the former icon of punk remains politically passionate. This album is nothing short of Glens call to arms to tackle this current diabolical period of governance. Says Matlock on the “Head On A Stick” single, “Peeved at the predictable but ultimately pointless political lurch to the right that has happened in the West over the past few years, one which has been aided and abetted by the vested interests of a client press, I put pen to paper and plectrum to guitar to compose a song that’s a call to arms, a wake up alarm and primal open your eyes scream.”
Glen continues, “It might be easy to be wise after the event but some saw where we were headed and in the words of ‘Pete Seeger’ attempted to hammer out a warning.”
We always thought it can’t happen here but it sadly most definitely has and heads should justifiably roll…”
Set to be released on April 28, 2023, the new full-length studio album Consequences Coming will be made available in Digital and specially packaged CD format. The vinyl format is now available for PRE-ORDER HERE: https://glenmatlock.tmstor.es/
“The album was written and recorded in Britain over the last 18 months or so with a posse of seasoned but on point performers.” says Matlock. “All done during the debacle that is Brexit and the rise and fall of the turgid Trump episode in the US. These songs reflect my take on the whole sorry mess that has ensued.”
Matlock elaborates on the album, “Now the wheels of the music business can sometimes move at a lugubrious, glacial pace, and sometimes the moment might be lost but seeing no break in the clouds or clear light at the end of the tunnel, surely the only demand on people’s lips should be that there are ‘Consequences Coming’ for the fat headed oafs who have foisted their asinine warped sensibilities on us.”
“The tunes are pretty catchy too…”
