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CMU Approved
Approved: Frightened Rabbit – Fields Of Wheat
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 14 June 2017
Much has been made of Theresa May’s comment before last week’s General Election that the naughtiest thing she’s ever done was run through a field of wheat. It must have just slipped her mind that time she ran all of our public services into the ground.
There have been jokes aplenty – a high point being John Oliver referring to May as ‘Thatcher In The Rye’. But there’s space for a bit of anger in the mix too, which is where Frightened Rabbit’s new song ‘Fields Of Wheat’ comes in.
“We made this today”, wrote the band as they posted the track on SoundCloud. “It felt like the song should go out now, because it’s about what’s happening now, it’s about where we live and if we waited too long the sentiment could go stale. We don’t want to be too descriptive or conclusive here, our only hope is that you listen, enjoy and share it”.
I’ve done the first two already, so here I am fulfilling the third:
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