These are strange times we're living in. The cost of living rises each day, but wages seem to stay at the same flat-lining level.
Watching it all from his bedroom, Mattie Vant could feel his frustration rising. Allowing his feelings to emerge through his music, the North East songwriter worked in secret.
Moving to Brighton, VANT began to coalesce, with the group applying a personal politic to their anthemic songwriting.
A four piece, the band have confirmed plans for an enormous UK tour. Truly nationwide, the list of dates moves from the South of England to the tip of Scotland.
Ahead of this, Clash is able to premiere a demo version of 'Birth Certificate'. Musing on the shifting nature of British identity, the dextrous wordplay is fused with a sense of righteousness.
Check it out now.
Catch VANT at the following shows:
March
25 Chester The Compass
26 Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club
April
2 Stoke-on-Trent The Sugarmill
3 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
4 Dundee Buskers
5 Dunfermline PJ Molloy’s
6 Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
7 Bristol Start The Bus
9 Reading Purple Turtle
10 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
11 Swansea Sin City
22 The Horn St. Albans
23 Bournemouth Sixty Million Postcards
24 Brighton Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
29 Birmingham The Sunflower Lounge
30 Ramsgate Ramsgate Music Hall
May
1 Northampton Roadmender
2 Leeds Live At Leeds
8 Newcastle Head of Steam
9 Sunderland Independent
22 Manchester Dot To Dot Festival
23 Bristol Dot To Dot Festival
24 Nottingham Dot To Dot Festival
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