^{Easy Life}: "Maybe the first thing I'll do is figure out a way to become Prime Minister"

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JUNK FOOD [junk food] n.

food that is unhealthy but is quick and easy to eat

Cambridge English Dictionary

Although possible, it is unlikely a human being will live through more than one year where the first two digits match the second two. Quick maths - a person alive now would have to be 101 years old to see 2121.

A unique year for all the wrong reasons, 2020 has been a nightmare, a kaleidoscope of misfortune, the polar opposite of an Easy Life.

But you know what has not stopped Leicester outfit Easy Life from serving a buffet of new tunes to their hungry fans as they continue to tease their much-anticipated debut album.

Since signing to Island Records in 2018, the five-piece band have churned out singles faster than McDonald's can slap together a cheeseburger with fries.

Fusing hip-hop, jazz and indie influences, their new two-track single 'who gives a f**k?' features an official release of 'Nightmares', alongside a brand new sugar-coated snack called 'Pop Tarts'.

'Nightmares', which the group debuted in November 2018, has been streamed more than 33 million times and recently featured in the new HBO/BBC series I May Destroy You starring Michaela Coel.

This follows the alternative band's release of the demo 'see you later maybe never' in May which included the new songs 'Peanut Butter' and 'Petty Crime'.

Way back when, before the big C, Easy Life also shared their debut mixtape 'Junk Food'. This charted in the UK Top 10 and saw the band win Best New British Act at the NME Awards 2020 in February.

Collaborating with hit producers, including Grammy Award-winning FINNEAS (Billie Eilish's brother and producer) and Bekon (Kendrick Lamar), their first album is sure to skyrocket the Midlands lads into stardom.

So what happens when life is flip turned upside down by a virus? Although feeling blue, frontman Murray Matravers has got a pink and yellow mindset about Easy Life's new music and the whole lockdown thing...

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Be sensible and look after each other. Don't go and visit your gran.

Leicester was the first area to be placed back into a local lockdown and contrary to Easy Life's most recent title 'who gives a f**k?', lead singer Murray really does seem to care about the current situation.

Asked how the government has handled the pandemic, Murray's answer is resolute.

"Terribly. The government has a lot to answer for. I am embarrassed to be called English. Too many people have died.

"I'm not a massively politically-minded individual, but for the first time in my life I'm genuinely outraged."

And it's not just coronavirus Easy Life cares about. They have a family feeling relationship with their hordes of loyal fans and recently set up a private Facebook group.

"It's a place for likeminded people to chat and meet up. We noticed that sometimes at our shows people will be travelling in large groups but equally, people will sometimes travel alone.

"We thought, why don’t all these people just chat and then they can all be friends."

Their fans have also embraced a small citrus fruit which is yellow in colour.

"We once put the lyric lemons into a song and since then it’s become a thing. We had to get security to confiscate lemons at our shows in the end because they were damaging equipment when being thrown on stage.

"At the last Leicester show security confiscated two bin bags full of lemons. Safe to say I was eating pancakes and drinking honey and lemon and ginger drinks for the following months."

His message to fans:

"Be sensible and look after each other. Don't go and visit your gran."

Murray has spent the majority of his own lockdown finishing Easy Life's debut album.

But what's the first thing he plans to do when lockdown is lifted?

"Maybe the first thing I'll do is figure out a way to become Prime Minister."

Easy Life's 'who gives a f**k?' is out now.

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