Steve Mason shares new single ‘Brixton Fish Fry’ shares new single ‘Brixton Fish Fry’

Steve Mason has today shared his anthemic new single, ‘Brixton Fish Fry’ the latest track to be taken from his forthcoming fifth solo album, Brothers & Sisters, which is released on Double Six on Friday 3rd March 2023. ‘Brixton Fish Fry’, featuring feted Pakistani singer Javed Bahir, who also appeared on ‘No More’, the 6Music listed debut from the album, follows Steve’s most recent track, ‘The People Say’.

Talking about ‘Brixton Fish Fry’, the track that most captures the forward-looking, inclusive spirit of the album, Steve Mason said: Myself and Javed chatted for some time over Zoom about the track, he was in Lahore, and I explained my love of Indian and Pakistani music, my connection to Kashmir (my wife) and Pakistan, the concept of the record and how i wanted it to be a statement against the direction Britain has gone in and how I wanted it to represent all the innumerable and indispensable things we take for granted that immigration and movement of people and culture has brought here. Like everybody involved in the making of this record he understood immediately and was very happy to be part of this statement. Both his contributions took my breath away and made my wife cry. The connection of her family and culture being brought together with me and my music was very powerful for us as a family and encapsulated in a moment the entire purpose and point of this album.

TextHis most open, honest and vibrant solo album to date, it marries the personal and the political but does so in an emotive and uplifting manner. Written against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty, and at a time when those in charge lurched from one disaster to the next mismanagement with increasing regularity, Brothers & Sisters is in fact an incredibly joyous, even spiritual, listen.

With musical contributions from British gospel singers Evy Lee, Jayando Cole, Keshia Smith, Connie McCall & Adrian Blake and with Kaviraj Singh on the santoor it’s a record about bringing people together through art, music and culture.

The album will be available on CD (with gatefold wallet and 16-page booklet), standard vinyl (double vinyl with gatefold sleeve and four-page booklet), independent shops and Domino Mart vinyl edition (double gold vinyl with gatefold sleeve, four-page booklet & four postcard set) and DL. The album can be pre-ordered HERE.