Shambolics by Liam Maxwell
Shambolics’ new album is out this Friday.
Shambolics have shared the Trainspotting-inspired video for Universal Credit, the final preview of their debut album Dreams, Schemes & Young Teams.
“Two of us were on the dole when we were in the middle of making the about,” Darren Forbes said. “They started putting us on a full-time course on how to get a job and build a CV, and we would beg them, just give us a bit of time, we’re nearly there with the band. So eventually we got chucked off it!
This song is a storyline of the meetings we’d have in these dole offices during the making of the album. We wrote it as a complete pisstake one night and took it into the studio the next day. We thought it would be a funny bonus track, but decided let’s just release it for a laugh. We’ve accepted we’re not exactly the industry standard. As long as we keep cracking on and folk are digging the tunes and turning up to the gigs then that’s all that matters.
