Mystery Jets unveil new tribute to the NHS "Hospital Radio"

"Hospital Radio" is the group's first new single since their 2016 Curve Of The Earth record.

Speaking about the new offering, vocalist Blaine Harrison explains, "I was born in the NHS and it has saved my life several times over. I spent so much time on wards growing up that they became a second home to me and inspired the first song I wrote. Over the years, I have come to see NHS nurses and doctors as our guardian angels, beautifully portrayed at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. But austerity measures over recent years have meant that the spectre of privatization has become a very real, and threatening prospect."

Harrison adds, "Whilst in hospital last month for on-going leg surgery, I lay in bed watching President Trump’s televised address to the British media, in which he boasted that NHS contracts would be part of future trade deals. It gave me the chills, as it must have done to many others. I felt especially fearful of what the future might hold for the elderly people in the beds around me, many of whom are already in danger of falling through the cracks of the social care system. Sometimes music can reach places deep within us that can’t be reached by words alone. On this, the 71st anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service, it feels right to release this song to express our gratitude."

In celebration of the NHS' 71st anniversary, Mystery Jets have been visiting multiple hospital radio stations to discuss their importance.

To mark the #NHS71 anniversary we are exited to announce a brand new track called ‘Hospital Radio’. We have spent the past 48 hours visiting hospital radio stations to talk about how the song came about and why our beloved National Health Service is more important than ever pic.twitter.com/1kGSLMb7Bm

— Mystery Jets (@mysteryjets) July 5, 2019