The Human Shields concert on Friday, 11 April, featured seven world premieres of songs written between 2018 and 2024. "Speak Up" was inspired by young people who speak up. "Water from a Whiskey Glass", which I wrote before I stopped drinking alcohol, came from a line I had lying around for years. "Touchstone" was inspired by Claraplatz in Basel. "What the Fuck" is a jam-rant. I wrote the poem for "Not Who We Are" on 7-8 January 2021 but only wrote the music in 2024. "Radical Left Thug" counters the Grifter's use of that phrase. And "Love Deeper" takes a poem by George Szirtes and makes a ballad out of it. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 13 April 2025)
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