#Chubby and the Gang Share New Song “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice”: Listen

Chubby and the Gang have released a new song, “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice.” It’s the A-side of a forthcoming double A-side 7″ single that will arrive on May 28. According to a press release, both tracks will appear on Chubby and the Gang’s next album, currently set for a 2021 release. Watch the “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice” video, directed by Jasper Cable-Alexander, below.

Chubby and the Gang singer/lyricist Charlie Manning said of “Lightning Don’t Strike Twice” in a statement:

I wrote this song about social inequality. Not mine but the people I saw around me. I feel like the whole premise of poverty is presented like this game in which if you play your cards right you can escape. In reality it’s more like playing a game of dice when they’re loaded against your favour. Constantly being struck by lightning and being told that it will never happen again. I remember witnessing someone’s telephone voice. Where they had to change their phone voice when conducting business or applying for jobs so they don’t come across as if they are from a lower class.

I wrote the last verse about that because it disgusted me that in a system supposedly created on meritocracy a human being has to change their identity to try and shake unemployment. I’ve had very few jobs that required me to go for an interview. No one really cares who you are when you drive a minicab or lay out cables so I’m lucky in that sense. But many people aren’t.

Last year, Chubby and the Gang released their debut Speed Kills. Last fall, the British bannd announced its new signing to Partisan Records with the release of a song called “Union Dues.”

Check out Pitchfork’s “The 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020,” featuring Speed Kills.