An invitation to a fun-filled party lauding our LGBTQIA+ community!
One of our favourite tracks from Camden crossover punks Healthy Junkies‘ latest album, ‘Listen To The Mad‘, has just been released with a truly fabulous video to accompany the song. Positivity radiates brightly throughout ‘Son and a Daughter‘, in spite of its subject matter; gender identity and the bullying that people suffer as a result of not being on the binary.
‘Son and a Daughter‘ also shows how versatile Healthy Junkies are as musicians – this dub reggae song is done wonderfully well. Speaking to singer Nina Courson about the video, she told me that it was made as a celebration of people coming into their power, and joyfully embracing who they truly are:
Filmed , directed and edited by Dan Schaffer at VVOMB Studios, with the band shots filmed at K-Town Studios, the video features trans man Caspian Faye who featured in films such as Kingsman, The Avengers and Thor, along with Misty Red, Eryn Rose, Zii Lizard, Noelle Lin and Juliette Lazuli alongside the Healthy Junkies: Nina Courson, Phil Honeyjones, David James and Joe Gaskell.
The band say “This is not a traditional statement but an invitation. We celebrate you, and we will not stay silent.”
For more information and support, please visit:
https://transactual.org.uk/
https://notaphase.org/
https://switchboard.lgbt/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
‘Listen To The Mad‘ is available on CD and vinyl from the band at shows, or via their webshop HERE Catch Healthy Junkies live near you!
Main Photo Credit / All Photos: IAN LADLOW
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