‘…a person’s journey to reclaim themselves from the breach…’

KC Blackwater has just released the new single, Every time I clock in, Frances Perkins rolls in her grave, and it’s a total blast, even if the same can’t be said of the subject matter.

“The track went through quite a few iterations, with some being about gym culture, hyper masculinity and workplace oppression, but they all boiled down to one thing more so than anything else: The sacrifice of oneself in order to meet the goals of another,” Cam Owden, the creative behind KC Blackwater, explained.

“The track is about a person’s journey to rejecting the ‘big contract’ and walking away in favour of their own humanity. My hopes are that the title of the track will get people to look into one of the most important figures in the history of workers rights in America as she goes largely forgotten.

While the UK was about two decades ahead of America in regards to workers rights, having introduced many labour acts in the 1910s, Frances as an individual figure is someone that deserves to be remembered as a hero of the human race, and quite frankly I think she sees workplace culture today as an abomination.”

Perfectly quirky, off-kilter and with plenty of strut, Every time I clock in, Frances Perkins rolls in her grave features Cam and fellow MK player, drummer Tom Darby.

“Every time I clock in, Frances Perkins rolls in her grave is a person’s journey to reclaim themselves from the breach, a denial of the workplace charnel house, in an attempt to save their soul,” Cam adds.

The single saw Cam open up to collaboration in the studio environment: Ru Cook from the Lost Boys studio was on side as co-producer and Tom Dimmock was the studio engineer: “I could not have done it nearly as well without his hard work,” Cam said.

When it comes to live shenanigans the KC Blackwater band also comprises Richard Mukuze, Gabriel Khitarishvili-Awde and Ismi Wyndham-Dawe – some of you will have caught them in play at The Craufurd Arms a couple of weeks back.

A contender for one of our top tracks of the year. And yeah, we know it’s only April.