Like clockwork, McAllister releases his annual full length on December 1st, serving as the musical manifestation of his yearly experiences in ten or more tracks. The song “The Commons” was inspired by the Nick Hayes book - The Book of Trespass - and visionary Bristol poet Dizralei joined in to write the song “Apples”, inspired by The Overstory by Richard Powers.Jay McAllister has cemented his annual Beans On Toast album as somewhat of a Christmas tradition for fans. There is of course a Love song, “Let's Get Married Again” was inspired by a flurry of wedding bookings Beans took on in lieu of music festivals during summer 2021. The title of the album points to the overarching theme, but as you can imagine things deviate a little, it’s a Beans on Toast record after all. The music was written with Blaine Harrison and Jack Flanagan of the Mystery Jets at Big Jelly Studios in Ramsgate and produced by Blaine Harrison. The album was recorded around the Summer solstice in the midst of a heatwave, a thunderstorm, a bird song, a glorious sunset and a midnight swim. This is an album about finding that peace in preparation for the road ahead.” But in order to tackle our current predicament, I feel we need to be in a good place mentally and spiritually. I’m not naive to the challenges we face as a species and I’m not ignoring that. There are no songs about Brexit, about coronavirus, about climate catastrophe. “In my new world, I switched off social media, looked to nature and zoomed out to write songs about a bigger, longer and stranger story. Out priced from the city Beans called home, he and family left and set up shop on the coast. Written in early 2021 when the bad news was everywhere. An album about why I think human beings are beautiful and brave and why I dare to be optimistic in a world full to the brim of bad news.” "Survival of the Friendliest is an album about hope.
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