mcmx. downing street
continuing on from ‘mcmx. drawing room’, ‘mcmx. downing street’ is the third single to be released by BRAIN APE leading up to the release of their third studio album ‘SHREWD, BRITANNIA’. it was released on july 3rd, 2024, a day before the uk’s general election that saw sir kier starmer’s labour party decimate rishi sunak’s regime
the song’s lyrics, far more blunt than the duo’s previous ‘britannia’ singles, take aim at corrupt politics in both historic and contemporary settings, reference fictitious and factual dystopia’s such as those found in george orwell’s works, and expand ever further into the story of eric tunglsson: son of the auslander
unusually conventional in structure, the song still retains a lot of what have become hallmarks of BRAIN APE’s sound: unforgiving vocals, big guitar riffs, and very present bass tones
directed and produced by BRAIN APE, ‘mcmx. downing street’s music video features minky très-vain as protagonist eric tunglsson, sol alex albret as wyn pfaird, and the song’s drummer - jacob powell - as trin o’geleach
the song’s b-side, ‘mcmi. fenchurch king, drawing room, downing street’ was released on the same day as its a-side