Blackbeard's Tea Party - We Are People

We Are People' is the ffth studio album from folk-rockers Blackbeard's
Tea Party and the frst to be dominated by the band's original songs and
tunes
Best- known for their punky interpretations of sea- shanties and folk tunes, this
album is something of a departure for the band, bringing a political conscience to
the fore. The signature sound is unchanged - a mix of high- octane folk tunes,
heavy riffs, and a touch of glam and funk - but the subject matter includes Brexit,
the cost-of-living crisis, the pandemic and populism.
Explaining the album name, Blackbeard's Tea Party's singer Stuart Giddens said:
"If you listen to politicians, watch the news, or scroll through social media it's
easy to believe that we've become incredibly divided and toxic as a country, and
that the only issues that concern us are economic growth, sovereignty and socalled gender ideology. But when I volunteered at a food- bank during the
pandemic I felt I glimpsed a different England, one that is essentially caring and
accepting, where people's main concerns are staying healthy and caring for their
families. It felt to me sometimes like there were two Englands: the England I read
about in the news, and the one I lived in every day.
"There are lots of different ways to defne folk music. One is "music of the people"
and that defnition is pertinent here. For this album, we wanted our music to
refect real-lived experiences - our own and those of people we'd spoken to - as
we navigate these uncertain times. There is more that unites us than divides us:
we are people."
Blackbeard's Tea Party haven't completely abandoned trad folk though. There's
enough here to keep long-in-the-tooth Blackbeard's fans happy too, with a couple
of English drinking songs, a prog-folk epic about a sea-witch, and even a song
about syphilis!
The album is self released and was recorded at 6Db Studios with producer Dave
Boothroyd.
Blackbeard's Tea Party are:
Stuart Giddens - vocals and melodeon
Laura Boston-Barber - fddle
Dave Boston - drums
Benjamin Trott - electric guitar
Patrick Lester-Rourke - bass guitar
Tracks: England Bound / The Mystery Wedge / The Devil Mercury / The Sum of
Us / Martin's Polka / Who's The Fool Now? / What Will You Do In The Morning /
Mother Carey / Squeeze The Teabag / I Am People / When Jones' Ale Was New

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