“The mundane grind of routine for little reward” THE NOISE WHO RUNS present ‘Bang Bang’ a timely anthem for the oppressed

THE NOISE WHO RUNS, the solo project of Ian Pickering(Sneaker Pimps, Modern Assembly), release the timely, topical ‘Bang Bang’ today, a tale of running on empty and the endless struggle to survive in a world spiralling out of control.

“‘Bang Bang’ is a day in the life of a typical twenty-first century employee,” explained Pickering. “The verses are the day to day reality, the mundane grind of routine for little reward, struggling against soaring costs and stagnant wages, watching idiots with fortunes dictate the agenda for destroying, first, the post-war dream, and second, the entire planet on which we depend.

“This is the reality for everyone, but it’s Generation X, the true beneficiaries of the post-war dream, who marched everyone up to the top of the hill and sat down to enjoy its ultimately selfish, me-first view, while Generation Y, Z and all who follow have to navigate life on the knife-edge precipice. And seemingly, it’s ‘Disney lemmings time’ – ‘honey, we fucked up the kids.’”

Songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Pickering co-authored Sneaker Pimps hits ‘Spin Spin Sugar,’ ‘6 Underground’ and ‘Tesko Suicide’ before relocating from his native Hartlepool to Lille, France and launching The Noise Who Runs project in 2019.

Out today, ‘Bang Bang’ forms part of May’s album ‘RE:GEN X’ released via TNWR Records, mixed and mastered by Colin C at The Cell Studio.

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(Main photo (c) Lucie Logier)