ARTIST: Pete Dale And The Beta Males
TITLE: Betrayed By Folk
LABEL: Fortuna Pop
GENRE: Folk
SOURCE: CD
BITRATE: 166 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 34:16
RELEASE DATE: 2006-03-06
RIP DATE: 2006-03-07
Track List
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1. Why I Am A Terrorist 3:03
2. I.D.onÆt. 2:23
3. Menwith Hill 2:11
4. Saint Bob ! 2:25
5. One More Parade 3:16
6. When The Morning Comes 3:26
7. Music Rules 1:29
8. Money (thatÆs What I Hate) 2:18
9. Meat-Eating Hippies 1:06
10. Talking Newcastle Nuclear 3:07
Nightmare
11. Two Chord Trick 0:52
12. The Return Of The Repressed 2:17
13. Ballad Of The New Orleans Flood 3:01
14. Betrayed By Folk 2:27
15. Mccarthy In 2005 0:55
Release Notes:
For Fans Of: Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg, Phil Ochs, The Futureheads. Better know as
the lead singer in indie-Ramones three piece Milky Wimpshake and the agit-punk
Red Monkey, Pete Dale returns here with a collection of topical folk songs,
aided and abetted by his friends The Futureheads and by multi-instrumentalist
Phil Tyler of Spraydog. Dealing with controversial issues such as terrorism and
civil liberties, Pete tackles his subjects with his trademark lyrical dexterity
and wit, over a rich musical backdrop that veers from simple acoustic guitar to
New Orleans swing.
The album kicks off with 'Why I am a Terrorist', an accordion-driven examination
of the twisted semantics and hypocrisy applied by our government, before the
catchy ôMenwith Hillö swings in on the back of an elastic bass line and jazzy
trumpet and the piano blues of ôSaint Bob?!ö aim a well-deserved pot-shot in the
direction of Bob Geldof. Elsewhere Pete deals with the failings of the British
education system on the fragile ôWhen the Morning Comesö and appropriates the
melody of ôHouse of the Rising Sunö for his ôBallad Of The New Orleans Floodö.
Throughout Phil Tyler embellishes the songs magnificently with his mastery of
violin, accordion, lap steel, mandolin, trumpet, trombone and banjo.
Pete Dale is seen by many as the spiritual godfather of the now-thriving
North-East music scene (cf. Futureheads, Maximo Park, Field Music), and as
ⁿberlord of the highly politicised Slampt label was responsible for launching a
hundred fanzines and as many bands, Kenickie included. In a recent NME
interview, Futureheads guitarist Ross Millard described how Pete's DIY attitude
towards gigs inspired him to form a band. ôThere were people pedaling bikes to
generate enough power to run the amps and more people running around trying to
find volunteers should anyone collapse with exhaustion. It was way more exciting
than watching Silver Sun down the Newcastle Riversideö.
Mixing honesty, integrity and intelligence with imaginative arrangements, backed
by the excellent playing of his cohorts, Pete Dale has fashioned an album as
brave and outspoken as those produced by his hero Phil Ochs.