Chubby And The Gang unveil new double A-side single with Lightning Don’t Strike Twice


Chubby And The Gang by Will Van Hoorn

Chubby And The Gang by Will Van Hoorn




Chubby And The Gang are fresh off an appearance at SXSW Online 2021.

Chubby And The Gang are making their move in 2021 with the announcement of a new double A-side single and lengthy UK tour.

Lightning Don’t Strike Twice, together with Life’s Lemons, is due on May 28th – the latter a song about ‘social inequality’ according to Charlie Manning.

“Not mine but the people I saw around me,” he continues. “I feel like the whole premise of poverty is presented like this game in which if you play your cards right you can escape.”

“In reality it’s more like playing a game of dice when they’re loaded against your favour. Constantly being struck by lightning and being told that it will never happen again.”

“I remember witnessing someone’s telephone voice where they had to change their voice when conducting business or applying for jobs so they don’t come across as if they are from a lower class.”

“I wrote the last verse about that because it disgusted me that in a system supposedly created on meritocracy a human being has to change their identity to try and shake unemployment.”

“I’ve had very few jobs that required me to go for an interview. No one really cares who you are when you drive a minicab or lay out cables so I’m lucky in that sense. But many people aren’t.”

This follows last year debut album Speed Kills, which gave the band a prominent place in Live4ever’s end-of-year 2020 retrospectives.


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