The Chap – “Never a Frown, with Gordon Brown”

Hailing from London town, The Chap are known for their poppy rock and electronic beats. Though it is more subdued, their release of “Never a Frown, with Gordon Brown” shows how you can make a boring British dude sound hip.

Fresh off the United Kingdom general elections, now re-elected Prime Minister Gordon Brown was caught on tape calling someone a “bigoted woman” … and what better way to embarrass him even more than to cut up the audio, piece it together in creative ways and put a beat behind it?

The band says of the recording:

“You know how whenever a very public figure messes up with the whole world watching/listening, someone immediately remixes the really poignant bits into a really annoying techno tune and puts it on youtube and then expects millions of hits and LOL comments? ‘ere it is! In a really annoying techno version! Just to clarify: In no way does this represent our support of David Cameron or indeed any political party. We just did it to attract attention to The Chap.”

The Chap released their fourth full-length studio album, Well Done Europe, back in May in the UK and during the summer in the States. Visit them at www.thechap.org.

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