The Social Singing Choir - Crap Kraft Dinner (Hot Chip)

The Social Singing Choir's debut EP is released on Moshi Moshi on 14th February: http://smarturl.it/SocialSingingChoir. Moshi Moshi first came across the choir in 2017 when they booked them to play Margate’s Caring Is Creepy festival. The record label asked the newly formed choir to cover some songs to mark their 20 th birthday celebrations but never dreamed they would come out sounding as good as they have. Much of the credit due to the expert guidance of choir master Hughie Gavin who arranged and directed the recordings and took these songs in some deeply moving and unexpected directions, with some additional help in the mix from Margate resident Adem Ilhan. Moshi Moshi co-founder Michael McClatchley says: “This has been one of our most joyous releases in recent years and maybe just the start of a wonderful working relationship.” His partner Stephen Bass adds: “I have a love of weird, perhaps not necessarily cool covers of songs, Acid Brass, Sonic Youth covering the Carpenters, Langley Schools Project doing David Bowie, Howard Marbern's cover of I Want You Back, Trinidad Steel Drummers covering Cissy Strut, Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus doing Benny and the Jets. I am not even sure who came up with the idea for this but as soon as you hear the choir covering these songs it works so well...hits the right spots, fun and emotive at the same time”. Tracklisting: 1. Crap Kraft Dinner (Hot Chip) 2. Let’s Go Swimming Wild (Sweet Baboo) 3. Dog Days Are Over (Florence + The Machine) 4. Paris (Friendly Fires)