Social Gravy must be pretty happy with themselves that a song written and released as a word of warning in 2016 is still relevant enough, perhaps more so, to get a second outing in 2025. And if the timing on both occasions would indicate that “Fools” is a song that sets President Trump in its sights, and it does, but not just him, authoritarianism and hypocrisy, greed and self-serving in public office in general, a bipartisan swipe at the failings of all governments and administrations who forget that they are elected to represent those who voted for them. (Though many of the lines in the song resonate even deeper with what’s going on today than they did when it first saw the light of day.)
And the message it carries is delivered with plenty of punch. Social Gravy weaves together a sound that is too fresh to be called “classic, too familiar to be “alternative, and too powerful to be merely “indie.” Let’s just call it the modern sound of rock ‘n’ roll and leave it at that.
It’s one of those songs that is hard to fault, every instrument doing exactly what it needs to serve the song and no more, no showboating, no extraneous sonic fat, no unnecessary extravagance. Guitars growl and grind, basses mesh and groove with the drums to form the perfect engine room, and vocals punch the air in an act of rabble-rousing rebellion.
The world is becoming an ever darker, more authoritarian place, and more and more people are voicing their concerns and taking action. Individuals are becoming groups, groups become organisations, organisations become social movements, and now those movements have a brilliant soundtrack!
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