The second instalment of the forthcoming Broken Chanter LP, This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else, comes in the form of brand new single A Year Without A Summer.

The emotive centre and the solitary personal detour on a politically-minded album, A Year Without A Summer, is led by a gorgeous melodic synth refrain decorating a plaintive song full of beautiful, snapshot lyrics. Dealing with the way that grief seeps into every facet and crevice of life, MacGregor's emotional acuity is pointed. It's a song that does what all the best songs do: displays vulnerability, inviting the listener in close before extending the hand of comradeship through the air.

A Year Without A Summer, when considered alongside first single Shake It To Bits, illustrates the sheer breadth of MacGregor’s fourth record as Broken Chanter - a collection of muscular, visceral compositions and gentler electronic moments. Inspired by Arpita Singh's etching of the same name, This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else feels polemical, radical even, while centring the human stories at the heart of the oppression across the globe. Recorded immediately after the touring for 2024’s Scottish Album of the Year Longlisted Chorus Of Doubt, throughout summer and autumn 2025, Broken Chanter here are fully locked-in, fleshing out MacGregor's songs with a widescreen palette. If Chorus Of Doubt was fuelled by defiant vitriol, its partner record here is as angry, though more overt in finding a solace in community and people. Principally here with the musicians involved: Martin Johnston's thundering drums, umbilically linked to Charlotte Printer's elastic and forceful bass work are the springboard for MacGregor and fellow guitarist Bart Owl to dovetail and crisscross across the stereo field. At the centre, MacGregor's songs bristle with cinematic detail; compassionate and still, in the face of a dystopian future edging closer, full of fiery defiance.