Volk Soup - "Professionalism Debunked"

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Photo by Tom White

Our favorite Leeds based post-punk/free jazz band Volk Soup is back with a new single. "Professionalism Debunked" is a weird freak out that simply sounds and feels cool. It's surprisingly groovy, with a chorus consisting of wordless sounds... and it could very well be one of the catchiest things we've heard all year. I'm not quite sure how you're going to dance to this one, but you're going to want to find a way. And all of this is before the guitar solo kicks in with the odd vocalizations behind it. "Professionalism Debunked" has an interesting Talking Heads meets Frank Zappa thing going on, with maybe just a little extra aggression thrown in.

Vocalist/guitarist Harry Jones says of the band's latest single:

"It’s a song with a simple sentiment: don’t take your job too seriously. It is essentially demanded of a person that they lose vast swathes of their precious time on Earth or else face a cruel and untimely death. With this demand in mind I think it’s important to remember that you have a moral imperative to take from a place that so persistently takes from you. Be that sick days or time on the toilet or taking a brief moment to behave in a way that would otherwise be considered 'unprofessional'.

"Perhaps the song on the album that best encapsulates the band’s boisterous energy.  I brought the lyric to the band with a different bass line to the one Ryan ended up writing. Luc came up with the riff and then began doing these monkey noises that somehow turned into the hoo’s and ha’s that became an animalistic chorus."

You can listen to "Professionalism Debunked" below. 10p Jazz is due out October 3 on Dipterid Records/Cruel Nature, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Volk Soup, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.


4th December - Soup, Manchester 
5th December - Kazimier Gardens, Liverpool
6th December - Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds

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