Zombieland

May 2024 single from Nottingham's Jake Bugg September 2024 album 'A Modern Day Distraction' Man, I’ve had it up to here – trashed my hopes and fed my fears ,” spits Jake Bugg on ‘Instant Satisfaction’’ – the polemic centre-piece that gives its name to the Nottingham troubadour’s fiery and engaged sixth album: ‘A Modern Day Distraction’. “And if it was up to me, I’d wish away all the greed – how much do we really need?” As Bugg puts it, it’s a punchy state-of-the-nation lament for the most in-need, looking for anything to lift them out of the pummeling trudge of the everyday. “We’re taught as young children that we’re supposed to be equal, then you grow up and realise we’re not,” says Bugg. “People choose not to point the finger where it should be pointed. Instead, they go for the easier target. That’s unjust to me. In Britain, you get punched in the face and go, ‘Ah, that’s the way it is’. You’re supposed to suck it up and get on with life. ‘It could be worse’, they say.” Refusing to bury his own head in the sand, Bugg’s back with a return to his roots on the shamelessly rock-driven ‘A Modern Day Distraction’ – a record that turns up the noise while shining a light on the injustice he’s seen dealt to the family and friends he grew up with. - https://www.mbcpr.com/artists/jake-bugg/

[Verse 1] He's waking up still half asleep Outside the street lights flicker He lights a smoke before he leaves Another day without a dream He works his fingers to the bone Just to feed the meter And it's so dark when he gets home The only life he'll ever know [Chorus] Round and round it goes again Everyday just looks the same A broken man in Zombieland He knows the price he has to pay It hurts, but he's too proud to say Does all he can in Zombieland [Verse 2] He turns the key and locks the door Turns up the TV louder The neighbours fighting through the walls Don't that just top it all? And every hand he's tried to play He's got the joker, not the ace And now he's too tired to escape How can he get out of this place? [Chorus] Round and round it goes again Everyday just looks the same A broken man in Zombieland He knows the price he has to pay It hurts, but he's too proud to say Does all he can in Zombieland [Instrumental] [Chorus] Round and round it goes again Everyday just looks the same A broken man in Zombieland He knows the price he has to pay It hurts, but he's too proud to say Does all he can in Zombieland Round and round it goes again Round and round it goes again Does all he can in Zombieland