Beans on Toast Nationwide ‘The Wild Goose Chase’ Tour Starts Next Week
“Why?” is the brand new single from Beans on Toast.
A song all about those existential questions with potentially non-existent answers, Beans says of the track:
“Why? Is a song about life's big questions, the ones that don't have answers. Sometimes, it's good to just ponder the mystery of it all. It's fun. I kinda see it as an old skool hymn with a twist!”
Pairing universally mind-bending conundrums to those tongue twisting lyrical quips that Beans does best, its exultant accompanying keys come courtesy of Matt Millership.
The track follows recent single “Myths & Legends”, with both songs due to feature on Beans on Toast’s approaching new album release ‘Wild Goose Chasers’ (out 1st December, pre-save the album here).
While its idiosyncratic title may be typical of the wry turn-of-phrase we have come to expect from the Essex songwriter, listeners should expect a very different animal for his latest release. A collection of newfangled pagan hymns to coincide with the end of truth, these sparsely-arranged, supernaturally-shaded songs promise to be unlike anything the artist has conjured previously. As Beans says:
“These songs are about trading modern society for a wilder, more feral existence. Songs that dig deep into the meaning of life and our purpose on Earth. They provide an exit strategy from a boring dystopia by gambling the flood for a fairy tale. This might sound pompous, but such is life, and such is the wild goose chase.”
An album of shadows and deception, melody and magic, ‘Wild Goose Chasers’ stands as Beans on Toast’s most unadorned, unconventional, and daring release yet. Streaming on all services on 1st December 2024, the album will also be available as a limited edition picture disk vinyl with artwork by photographer Nick Page.
Recorded under a full ”flower moon” at the Albion Rooms in Margate, these 12 heartfelt, mystical journeys are all accompanied by Matt Millership on an ancient piano.
With an extensive UK tour already planned for 2024 and 2025 (dubbed ‘The Wild Goose Chase’ Tour - tickets on sale now), Beans will also be showcasing his latest album with a very special album launch show in Olby’s in Margate, where the album was recorded, on 1 December. With Beans on vocal duties accompanied by Matt Millership on the venue’s prestigious grand piano, the launch show will also see special guests Dillon Warmek and Sorrel Nation in support.
‘WILD GOOSE CHASERS’ TOUR 2024/25
2024
13/11 STOKE ON TRENT Sugarmill
14/11 WREXHAM The Rockin' Chair
15/11 BIRKENHEAD Future Yard
16/11 PONTEFRACT Northern Social
17/11 HALIFAX The Grayston Unity (SOLD OUT)
19/11 YORK The Crescent
20/11 WHITBY Whitby Brewery (SOLD OUT)
21/11 HARTLEPOOL The Studio
22/11 STIRLING Tolbooth
23/11 DUMFRIES The Venue
24/11 BOLTON The Ramp
26/11 SCUNTHORPE Café Indie
27/11 NORWICH Norwich Arts Centre
28/11 CHELMSFORD Hotbox (SOLD OUT)
** 01/12 MARGATE Olby's - LAUNCH SHOW **
03/12 ALDERSHOT West End Centre
04/12 ST ALBANS The Horn
05/12 MILTON KEYNES MK11
06/12 SHREWSBURY Albert's Shed
07/12 LICHFIELD Lichfield Guildhall
08/12 LEICESTER International Arts Centre
10/12 TOTNES The Barrel House Ballroom
11/12 FALMOUTH The Cornish Bank
12/12 BARNSTAPLE JCT27
13/12 GLASTONBURY The King Arthur
14/12 SHOREHAM Ropetackle
2025
12/3 LIVERPOOL The Cavern Club
13/3 MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
14/3 KENDAL Brewery Arts
15/3 NEWCASTLE The Grove
16/3 EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms
18/3 SHEFFIELD The Leadmill
19/3 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
20/3 LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
21/3 CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
22/3 BRISTOL Bristol Beacon
23/3 PLYMOUTH The Junction
25/3 SOUTHAMPTON The Joiners
26/3 BIRMINGHAM Castle & Falcon
27/3 COLCHESTER Colchester Arts Centre
28/3 CAMBRIDGE The Junction
29/3 LONDON The Dome
NEW ALBUM: ‘WILD GOOSE CHASERS’
OUT 1 DECEMBER, VIA BOT MUSIC - PRE-SAVE
LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE:
“WHY?”
STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE
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Since 2005, Beans on Toast has written simple songs about complicated subjects. Tackling the big issues of the day but doing so with his feet firmly on the ground, he’s become a people’s champ of the modern folk scene and amassed a huge back catalogue of songs in the process.
One of the hardest working artists in the business, he’s released countless albums, written children's books ('The Fascinating Adventures of Little Bee’), played every festival under the sun, and even organises his own (the annual ‘Foolhardy Folk Fest’). As vital a voice in folk music today as when he started, in 2023 Beans on Toast notably delivered a speech for the Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament from Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage too.
An unrepentant optimist whose songs celebrate all that is wonderful about the human spirit, his live shows are similarly uplifting and have taken him from SOLD OUT headline shows in the UK to major international festivals and stages across the globe as far as America, Australia, Europe, and beyond.
He releases his new album, ‘Wild Goose Chasers’, on 1st December, with a full supporting tour.
