Modern Age Music Song of the Day: Chappaqua Wrestling – ‘The Rift’

South London based quintet Chappaqua Wrestling have shared new track ‘The Rift’, marking the band’s third single of 2020.

Grunge-tinged ‘The Rift’ is a brooding, riff-heavy track from the band, who were formed in Manchester back in 2017.

Vocalist and guitarist, Charlie Woods, says of the song: “‘The Rift’ is a track about conflict, acknowledging the increasing divisions within society, and calling out those that turn the blind eye.

“Events from the last year have got to a global boiling point and creatively this has taken us to the same place.

“It’s the most powerful track we’ve released so far, and it amplifies our perception on how the last year or so has felt.

“Lyrically its influence comes from the poem written shortly after the Peterloo massacre in Manchester; ‘The Masque of Anarchy’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

“It’s an old talisman for suppressed voices in this country, and some of its verses still clearly resonate today.”