By Tom Cameron
A Fleckney musician has pledged the profits from his upcoming debut solo record will go towards providing medical help to the war-ravaged Palestinians.
Drummer and singer Isaac Deacon, 18, has announced his debut record, on top of his plans to raise money for Palestine from it, and to study in Leeds next year to further his and his band, The Juliettes’ career.
On an Instagram post on November 9, Isaac announced his solo debut record A Good Sandwich for Big Sugar would be released on Friday, December 13.
The album features his fellow Juliettes bandmates guitarist Will Price and bassist Davy Ward, as well as other artists who he met at college, Liam Thomas and Aaron Brooks.
He also revealed that the record will have a limited CD release, with profits going towards the non-government organisation, MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians), having previously done the same thing with sales from his debut EP Peace with online platform Bandcamp earlier this year.
Isaac and Will have both since announced their plans to attend Leeds University together to study music production to further pursue their dreams as rockstars.
He said the choice of Leeds was partially routed due to the prominence of jazz clubs in the city, as well as escaping conventional work-life balance.
“Escaping work and living off the government’s money definitely sounds tasty,” said Isaac.
“I used to be against going to uni personally, but after taking a gap year, it’s convinced me to go.”
Isaac said his plans with both his solo and band work are for “world domination mainly, as well as just making people and myself happy.”
The band only recently managed to break outside of Leicestershire, performing their first gig outside of the county at Nottingham Hockey Hustle festival in September.
“Performing at this year’s Hockey Hustle was an honour,” Isaac added.
“I’m surprised we got it to be honest. It was definitely a big step for us as a band – but honestly every gig is another step for us.”
He said his main inspirations musically were Herbie Hancock, Frank Zappa, as well as up-and-coming Leicester band, The People Assembly.
