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Take The Cash

by The Moral High Ground

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Take The Cash 02:39
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Is that what all the worrying was for? You kept all of the money that you found on the shop floor Well I knew you couldn’t handle the guilt It was eating you alive Who would have thought you were the type to take the cash and turn your eye? Look man, don’t gloat We’re all in the same sinking boat It’s no fun to hear your theories on why we’ve run Out of luck Not everything’s a cover up Let’s play cards are you a betting man, am I? Well I could just be tonight Things are different now It’s the first day of the rest of our lives So tell me how will you spend your time? What’s the weather like on planet you? Is it all true? What I saw you say online What a lovely afternoon Why would you choose to stay in your room? How much longer will you wait for you know it’s the perfect day for Positive thinking Cause there sure ain’t a lot of it going around since you skipped town There’s a sense that all these strange events mean that we’re finished now
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Written and recorded during the start of lockdown, ‘Take The Cash’ is an introspective and reflective memoire seen through the lens of bandleader/songwriter Danny Smart, as he navigates his new way of life after being forced out of his job as a sound engineer due to venue closures.

As Smartt explains, his circumstances led him not to be able to qualify for the government self-employment grant at the time; "I had to get a job at a supermarket [at the start of lockdown] to pay the bills and I found £20 on the shop floor. I kept it but I felt like a dick and it inspired me to write a silly song about it!”

Referring to a time during the pandemic when we couldn't get away from the words 'fake news' and we gathered secondhand information through our friend’s-housemate’s-brother’s-colleague’s-auntie, Smartt also adds “It's also about being frustrated with people who think they suddenly know everything. It’s okay to have no idea what’s going on!”


Marrying off-beat wonky riffs, guitar-based jazz and melancholic, anthemic indie-pop, The Moral High Ground’s early live shows have already left quite an impression. If there’s any band demanding a spot on your 2022 must-watch list, it’s The Moral High Ground.

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released April 1, 2022

Danny Smartt - Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Alex Shave - Keys
Freddie Taylor - Drums
Nick Gauntlett - Guitar Solo

Recorded by Danny Smartt

Mixed and Mastered by Ryan Wood at 105mm Studios

Artwork by Viacheslav Lapshin

The Moral High Ground / Glasshouse Records 2022

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