13th Floor New Song Of The Day: Greg Fleming – My Hood

West Auckland-based musician Greg Fleming celebrates his neighbourhood with his new single, My Hood.

Fleming and his band, The Working Poor, are expected to release a new album, titled Get Off At Lincoln, sometime this year. Here is the record company blurb:

“Each time we go into the studio to make a record I say to the band – “let’s make a hip hop record”. They laugh and we go back to work. But this song is as close as we’ve got – and celebrates the West Auckland neighbourhood I’ve lived in for the last 12 years. Every word of this is true!”

My Hood is the second single off the forthcoming album. The album – which keeps to the West Auckland theme – is called Get Off at Lincoln is out soon.

About Greg Fleming and The Working Poor

Greg’s first show was opening up for Texan legend Townes Van Zandt since then he’s built up a reputation as a razor sharp songwriter – adept in a wide range of styles and settings. Their album To Hell With These Streets made the top 10 best albums of 2016 at elsewhere.co.nz – it followed the highly acclaimed Stranger In My Own Hometown and 2014’s Forget the Past – which enjoyed 4 star reviews both at home and internationally. 2017’s Working Poor Country was considered one of the year’s overlooked gems by the Sunday Star Times. 

The Working Poor are
Greg Fleming – vocals/acoustic gtr
Andrew Thorne – elec gtr, acoustic slide, bvs
John Segovia – elec gtr
Nick Duirs – keys/piano, bvs
Mark Hughes – bass
Wayne Bell – drums, percussion bvs, occasional guitar
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Olly Harmer at The LAB Mt Eden

All words and music  –  Greg Fleming