The new single from Broken Chanter (aka David MacGregor) - The Rain Doesn't Only Fall On You is the second to be taken from his electrifying third LP Chorus Of Doubt, out 5th April 2024 on Chemikal Underground.

The Rain... sees a band so imbued with purpose that the instrumental passages are a joy to get lost in, falling in and out of maximalism when the punked-up funk of the verses explodes like fireworks into the repeated refrain of the chorus: MacGregor proving his point that shaking off your solipsism and joining together (literally here, with the rest of his band in full flight) yields massive effect. The ambition evident in the arrangements and band interplay is frequently breathtaking with Charlotte Printer's bass in turns chunky and elastic, melded symbiotically with Martin Johnston's powerhouse drumming, with Bart Owl and MacGregor's guitars weaving around one another, lifting the song through the choruses after their measured absence in the verses.

This song is a love note to solidarity and collective actions; positive, progressive, personal actions on micro and macro scale.

EDITOR’S NOTES

Broken Chanter is David MacGregor, on his lonesome, or accompanied by an array of very talented musicians. MacGregor spent 2007-2017 as the principal songwriter of Scottish Alt-Pop darlings Kid Canaveral - a band that could get you to dance, laugh, and weep all in the space of a set. Their Debut LP Shouting at Wildlife was described by The Herald as "a Scottish pop classic that should be mandatory in every record collection in the country", with similarly well-received follow-up Now That You Are a Dancer being long-listed for the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2014.

Prior to the forthcoming Chorus Of Doubt, MacGregor has released two critically acclaimed albums as Broken Chanter - 2019's eponymous introduction to his new guise (A stunning, stately debut - The Skinny) and 2021's award-winning Catastrophe Hits which peaked at #7 in the Scottish Album Chart, #10 in the UK Vinyl Chart, #16 in the UK Independent Chart, and #29 in the UK Physical Sales Chart.

INTIAL PRESS FOR CHORUS OF DOUBT

Songwriter David MacGregor's particular skill is in camouflaging rage, heartbreak, and despair as upliftingearworms. [Chorus Of Doubt] shows a band on top of their game...at its best it's agit-pop with heart. - 8/10 - UNCUT