Keighley folk-punks Foxes Faux called time on the band in 2024, but they’ve dusted off the mandolins for one last round: a two-track single, out since October 28, for two friends they’ve lost. Every penny goes to Bradford’s 1in12 Club, the members-run punk institution.

“Banjo Boy” is a rattling, banjo-driven send-off for Chris Smith, aka Captain Hotknives, the West Yorkshire cult hero of pub, field and festival tent, who died suddenly at home in Shipley in February, aged 57. “Farewell, My English Rose” is a gentler goodbye to Helen Crabtree.

Kurt Wood wrote and produced both, with Luke Antonik-Yates on violin, Will Quinn on guitar and Damian Curran on banjo and bass. It’s name-your-price on Bandcamp, so pay what you can and do it for the Captain.

https://foxesfaux.bandcamp.com/