Name: Bridges Not Walls
Brand: Billy Bragg

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cookcd683

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-11-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0711297518344

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Artist

Billy Bragg

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Cooking Vinyl

Life comes at you real fast these days. What’s a singer-songwriter to do when events keep challenging the way that we see the world? Before we’ve had a chance to digest one startling development, along comes another to throw us off balance again. I’ve been grubbing up songs for the past 12 months, but without the space to get an album together due to other projects, so I’ve decided to start dropping tracks, one a month between now and the end of the year. As always, they’re my way of trying to make some sense of what’s going on. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is the name of an etching created in 1799 by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The title struck a chord with me when trying to understand the events of last year. The lies and hubris of the Leave campaign in our EU referendum was echoed and amplified by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Only by restoring empathy and reason can we hope to defeat the monstrous forces of nationalism and untruth. 

Bridges Not Walls

Music GB