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Goldie Lookin Chain get in on the sea shanty craze with Wellend
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 28 January 2021
I’ve just checked and, as of the time of writing, this sea shanties fad is still a thing. Recently we’ve heard about 476 versions of ‘The Wellerman’. Now Goldie Lookin Chain have got in on the action with a slight deviation, paying tribute to the ‘Wellend’.
Described as “a song about wellends in the style of that sea shanty guy off the news”, the new track sees GLC’s Rhys Hutchings deliver a series of a capella verses about middle aged men with Paul Weller-style haircuts.
“There’s a type of person that you see with a haircut that’s pure comedy / You see this man in every town and he looks just like Paul Weller”, he sings.
Having jumped onto the sea shanty bandwagon, I fully expect GLC to have a new major label deal by tea time. Meanwhile, the group’s rescheduled 20th anniversary tour is set to head around the UK in April and May. Book tickets for whenever those dates get re-rescheduled to now.
Oh, and here’s the video for ‘Wellend’:
