A new single is all set for release on the Mountain Records label. Here is the press release from the band.
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McCully
Workshop - Tully and Mike McCully, Rupert Mellor, Richard Black and
Gordon Mackay - are excited to announce their new single ‘All the Gingerbread Men’.
The track is a classic McCully Workshop rock song, featuring energetic guitars, rich melodic layering and a powerful chorus. Lyrically it draws from fantasy imagery and tells the story of a king in a castle, a wizard and an enchanted army of blood-thirsty gingerbread men.
“The song came to me in a dream, and when I woke up all I could remember was the line 'all the gingerbread men in the water’” says Tully (lead vocals and bass). “For me it felt allegorical about people who are rich and famous being envied by those who are not. So it became this sort of dark fairy tale about jealousy and revenge.”
There is some moral ambiguity though, and it’s not entirely clear who is right or wrong. “For me the lyrics are a metaphor for dominance by an unseen and insidious group trying to take away personal freedom including that of the king, the so-called leader of the free world, who had betrayed them” says Mike (drums and backing vocals).
The track is a classic McCully Workshop rock song, featuring energetic guitars, rich melodic layering and a powerful chorus. Lyrically it draws from fantasy imagery and tells the story of a king in a castle, a wizard and an enchanted army of blood-thirsty gingerbread men.
“The song came to me in a dream, and when I woke up all I could remember was the line 'all the gingerbread men in the water’” says Tully (lead vocals and bass). “For me it felt allegorical about people who are rich and famous being envied by those who are not. So it became this sort of dark fairy tale about jealousy and revenge.”
There is some moral ambiguity though, and it’s not entirely clear who is right or wrong. “For me the lyrics are a metaphor for dominance by an unseen and insidious group trying to take away personal freedom including that of the king, the so-called leader of the free world, who had betrayed them” says Mike (drums and backing vocals).
As with their 2022 single ‘Beginnings’, the track was recorded and created remotely since guitarist Richard is now based in the UK. “Bringing Tully's dream into reality presented its challenges”, says Richard. “I fancied a dark riff threading through the song so took a section from the end written by Tul and combined it with my own riff, using some ideas from Mike. I also included some reggae-infused sections, and the fills were unashamedly Brian May inspired - I love the way it turned out!”
The song’s anthemic chorus, with its layered harmonies, captures the hallmark McCully Workshop sound. Gordon (keyboard and backing vocals) says “it is a testament to the band's ability to either work together in the studio, or in this instance, work "together" miles apart! It really sounds as though we were all playing, singing and recording together at the same time.”
"All the Gingerbread Men" is available on all digital platforms from Feb 9th 2024.
Video link to follow > https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Artist photograph by Laura McCullagh
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