The Levellers Share “Wheels” From Upcoming “Levellers Collective / Live” Album

The Levellers will return with their much loved acoustic collective in Spring 2025. Having thrilled fans and critics with two highly acclaimed acoustic tours and albums in recent years, the Levellers Collective will embark on a new 17 date tour of UK theatres and venues. To coincide they will also be releasing a brand new live album and DVD, Levellers Collective / Live, on March 7th via On The Fiddle Recordings. Levellers Collective / Live is now available to pre-order here and to pre-save here, the album was recorded in 2023 at London’s iconic Hackney Empire and captures the spirit of The Levellers as never seen before. For the video 25 cameras were positioned onstage and around the venue for the recording and sees all the musicians captured in intimate detail as they weave a magical musical landscape for the songs.

This can be seen to wonderful effect on Wheels, the first official track to be released from the collection. Originally a full throttle song on The Levellers‘ 2005 album Truth And Lies, this new version showcases how powerful acoustic interpretations can be, expanding the musical palette with added strings, percussion and vocal harmonies.

“Previously when we’ve done acoustic shows it’s just been us, with our own unique timings, but working with other musicians in particular, it’s like ‘OK, you can’t mess up’. So we don’t, we really concentrate. As a band, we’re particularly pleased to make an acoustic show which is totally different to our electric show. It allows us to flex our musical muscles with stuff that’s really hard to play but really rewarding at the same time. The ying to our electric yang!”