Sean Mc Gowan New single: 'Cuppa Tea' | Album out next week

“I’m so sick and tired of spending my whole life on my knees. Can I have some more sir please?” quips Seán as he embraces his inner Oliver Twist and wryly pokes his tongue out at a Government whose vision of fair working conditions in 21st Century Britain similarly owe much to those of a Dickens novel.

In a bid to re-tip the scales, ‘Cuppa Tea’ sees Seán challenging the disproportionate work/life balance and squeezed incomes that many of us endure, whilst ruminating on the wider impact it is having upon our society. Speaking about the track Seán says:

“”Cuppa Tea is very much me calling it how I see it. It's my refusal to accept second best for myself or anyone else. In a world where money rules I'll do anything and everything to even the playing field."

A revitalising brew of smart lyricism and infectious songwriting, stirred through with a swirl of satire ‘Cuppa Tea’ is very much the perfect indicator of what’s in the bag for Seán’s now imminent debut album release: ‘Son Of The Smith’.

Recorded at SS2 Studios in Southend with label mate Sam Duckworth (AKA Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.) and Jay Malhotra, ‘Son of The Smith’ is out 11 May 2018 on Xtra Mile Recordings.

Around the release Seán will be touring around the UK & Europe with a string of dates, catch him at these venues as follows:

UK & European dates:

MAY

• 12 Southend Chinnerys supporting Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
• 14 London Roundhouse (Lost Evenings 2)

MAY HEADLINE TOUR

• 15 London Monarch
• 26 Kingston Fighting Cocks
• 27 Bristol Crofter’s Rights
• 28 Birmingham Sunflower Lounge
• 29 Nottingham Bodega
• 31 Sheffield Totem

JUNE

• 1 Leeds Santiagos
• 2 Southampton Joiners
• 3 Cardiff Tiny Rebel
• 5 Exeter Cavern
• 7 Cambridge Portland Arms
• 8 Oxford Cellar
• 9 Reading Rising Sun Arts Centre

‘Son of the Smith’ Album track-listing

1. Mind The Doors
2. Cuppa Tea
3. Romance Ain’t Dead
4. Skin & Bone
5. Porkie Pies
6. Oh My Days
7. Mind Your Head
8. Springhill
9. Local Boy
10. Auto Pilot
11. Life Has A Way
12. Off The Rails
13. Mind The Gap