Athletes Of God / MSW Featuring Lady Blackbird Fontella b/w Don't Wanna Be Normal
Artist: Athletes Of God
Title: MSW Featuring Lady Blackbird Fontella / Don't Wanna Be Normal
Label: Foundation Music Productions
Cat.#: FMP0057
Format: 7" Orange Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 2023
Style: Soul
Track Listing:
Up first the duo join forces with legendary Sheffield songwriter/musician Michael Somerset Ward aka MSW - the man behind countless chart hits for the likes of Alison Moyet and Take That. ‘Fontella’ is an ode and recounting of the trials and tribulations of being a female singer, in this case the legend that is, Fontella Bass. A soaring funk fueled party jam that has major radio support already lined up and was previewed last year on 6Music by the man that broke Lady Blackbird as well as so many other acts, Gilles Peterson.
On the flip, a track that has been getting serious attention across the airwaves including 6Music playlisting, the ethereal, Balearic and instantly captivating cover of Randy Crawford’s mid-‘80s number ‘Don’t Wanna Be Normal’. A track that harnesses all of Barratt’s experience behind the production controls letting Lady Blackbird’s incredible voice sing to its full potential, over the top of a chest-rumbling chugger of a backbone. Epic to the Nth degree.