Australia’s Ben Leece & Left of Dial share’s new single ‘Swastika Kids’
Bio:
Outside of singing and song writing, Ben Leece’s greatest strength has long been his live band, Left of The Dial. Now after several critically acclaimed solo releases, Leece has decided to capture the volume and power of that band with their latest release, Big Red Black, a savage smack in the mouth to the inhumanity of Empire, tearing away the bandage to reveal the open wounds left weeping in colonialism’s wake.
Like all incendiary truth bombs directed at power - from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Ohio to Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power - Big Red Black burns blue with searing indignation. This is a songwriter and his band motoring full pelt on rails at the top of their game. And this is a song that will light a fire under an audience disgusted by historical whitewashing and screaming out for the unvarnished truth.
Big Red Black features contemporaries, Liz Stringer, Julieanne Crighton and William Crighton, and is the first single from the band’s forthcoming album, due later in 2023.
“I like how the ‘Swastika Kids’ mixes upbeat jangle pop with a gritty grunge tone. It’s a very catchy, addictive sound. The raw but well-produced vocals work well. I like its hazy yet driven vibe.”
