Spaceheads

The Rich are a Luxury we Can’t Afford is to be the lead track on the new Spaceheads EP due out in October.
The track features all the trademark Spaceheads sounds of harmonised brass loops and swirling echoed trumpet effects all created with just the Drums and Electric Trumpet.

The song opens with a pounding beat, and pulsating pitchshifted trumpet bass, before a loaded fuzz trumpet riff crashes in. This sets up a loopy bedrock for the massed ranks of the Spaceheads choir. All together now ….. sing …. “The Rich are a Luxury we can’t Afford”. This is a chant 99% of us can identify with as inequality around the world grows daily.

The EP will be released on Electric Brass Records on Nov 22nd and feature six new Spaceheads tracks, going under the title of Spaceheads Go Wild EP. You can pre-order here and get an instant download of “The Rich Are A Luxury W Can’t Afford”

Campaigning against inequality
Just some of the groups around the world and in UK campaigning against inequality

World Inequality Database
The World Inequality Database (WID) aims to provide open and convenient access to the most extensive available database on the historical evolution of the world distribution of income and wealth, both within countries and between countries.

Inequality.org
Inequality.org has been tracking inequality-related news and views for nearly two decades. A project of the Institute for Policy Studies since 2011, our site aims to provide information and insights for readers ranging from educators and journalists to activists and policy makers.

UK based

Equality Trust
The UK’s inequality is damaging all parts of our economy and society, while creating enormous profit for the richest few. We can only solve our struggling economy and hurt communities by making our society more equal. The Equality Trust campaigns for a more equal society that works better for everyone.

UK income inequality is among the highest in the developed world and evidence shows that this is bad for almost everyone. The Equality Trust works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality.

Oxfam
Inequality is rising everywhere, fuelling poverty. We believe in a fairer world. We know you do too. It’s a lie that there’s not enough to go around. And that it’s a choice between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Together, we can demand a fairer world for everyone.

Garys Economics
Gary Stevenson is an economist and former interest rate trader in London and Tokyo. He now specialises in campaigning and teaching about Inequality. He is a very popular podcaster and Youtuber in the UK, and focuses on teaching people about real world economics

Here is a live version of The Rich are a Luxury we can’t afford captured at a recent live gig in the Orkney Islands