Coup de tete pays homage to Holbeach
A band has released a song and You Tube video as a tribute to Holbeach and their connections with the town.
Coup de tete is formed of Sam Jarvis, vocals and ukulele, Joe Spurdens, drummer, Emma French bass whose single Homage to Holbeach references the town where the vocalist once lived.
The band is signed to a small record label, called Socks On, a non-profit company who supports music in the county plus Wisbech and King’s Lynn.
Mr Jarvis (47) formed the band, which means ‘on a whim’ who have been playing together for five years and he left Holbeach at the age of 21.
He said: “I still go back to Holbeach and have friend groups there and the song reflects the feeling of home.”
“But also that home is where you live at the time, I grew up there but moved away.”
Mr Jarvis lives in Grantham and describes the band as a 90s grunge sound but that this single is a departure to their usual writing, which is ‘very political’.
He said: “Joe wrote the song and this is a different song for us, it is acoustic.
“We write a lot together and I always wanted to write about Holbeach.
“The video shows everywhere we used to go in Holbeach and friends have asked ‘where are all the people’ - but we filmed at 6am, it would have been a very different video otherwise.”
Their friend Lea filmed the video which has a nostalgic feel reflecting the song’s lyrics ‘memories of a place I call home.’
Mr Jarvis moved away to London and worked for five years in television post-production.
He now works full time as a builder and enjoys music as a passion and hobby, gigging in Peterborough and Stamford and recently Holbeach for a tribute to his friend Matthew Lancaster.
He said: “We do Big Lang’s Yearly Rumble for Matthew who died about four years ago and was well known throughout the music scene, he used to turn up to everything.’
Homage to Holbeach is available on all streaming services and the video can be found on You Tube at https://youtu.be/CNcjuztt9fs and further details about the band on Facebook.
Their next single is called Whispers on the Storm and Mr Jarvis said: “I have been playing since I was 16 and I wanted to be famous at 25.
“But now I enjoy doing it and love it.
“As a band we are easy going and don’t necessarily want to gig every weekend.
“Creatively I find it hard to rely on it financially.”
Mr Jarvis has also written a song about the Fens and the song will resonate with those who grew up in a place that holds memories dear to them but moved away.
As the lyrics say in Homage to Holbeach:
“It’s where I grew
“And where I left
“For something new,
“Don’t hold your breath.”
