Need Some New Music? Listen to Michael Aldag

At the start of lockdown, I had found myself listening to the same songs over and over again. However, I have recently found a musician that I absolutely adore.  Michael Aldag. Not only is his music great to listen to and very thought provoking, but he also has amazing hair.

His recent song (I say recent but it came out 4 weeks ago) is a beautiful, captivating song about the current pandemic. Despite this, I have only seen it today (23//06//20) as he has just released a lyric video to the song. I have already listened to it five or six times! It is so catchy with such an important message. 

It talks about how those in power have been absent or, as Aldag says: “It’s a town from which the sinners hide”. He then goes on to talk (or should I say sing) about how there has been lots of questionable advice being shared during this already confusing time. An example from his song is where Aldag is calling out Donald Trump due to the fact he told people to inject themselves with cleaning chemicals. Aldag does this in the lyric “That chlorine looks good so inject it in my soul”. 

Another impactful lyric is, “It seems the virus does discriminate”, highlighting the fact that it is the working class who are affected most by the pandemic. This is because Aldag is trying to get people to donate to The Trussell Trust, a charity that is working towards the end of needing food banks in the UK, although many people are currently in need of support. 

Aldag also has many other great songs like Entitled and BEDBOUND. BEDBOUND is another song about being in lockdown, which he has made a music video for from his bed in lockdown. Whilst Entitled is about how everyone is trying to compete over this idea that their life is worse than others, he also does so many covers of songs that are so beautiful.

I can’t stress how much I love Aldag’s songs (and hair), so please go and show him some support. As even a little like or follow goes a long way to helping new musicians. It will aid Aldag in being able to create more music with such deep and meaningful messages.

 Josh​