Yellow Brit Road, 8 November 2020: Bear Cubs, Interviews, Powerful Essays, More Halloween Fun!

<p>This week on the Yellow Brit Road... a chance to wind down, relax and forget the world, temporarily. Primarily the last of those.</p> <p>Drown out your anxiety with the tales and mishaps of cute bear cubs, a great interview and... merch?!</p> <p>We had music old and new; one of the best alternative bands in the world, Velvet Underground on this week, 7-year-old Welsh singer and guitarist <a href="https://arianwen.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arianwen</a>, Czech-label-Italian "weird" rock trio <a href="https://julinko.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Julinko</a>, a new single from the <del>Kaiser Freaks</del> Kaiser Chiefs, London based<a href="https://heycolossus.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Hey Colossus</a> and pianist<a href="https://duvaltimothy.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Duval Timothy</a>!</p> <p>This week's submission was in from Fareham, UK, courtesy rock and roll band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thestraightsukofficial/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Straights</a>. Keep an eye out for them, they're gonna be big!</p> <p>If you'd like to get involved with the show, now is a good time! Through November and December, CFRC is running its annual funding, and each week there's something new to get involved with, and tons of great prizes from Kingston community stores! Find out all about it on <a href="https://cfrc.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cfrc.ca,</a> and if you'd like to promote your music on the show, tweet @YellowBritCFRC or email <a href="mailto:yellowbritroad@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">yellowbritroad@gmail.com</a>.</p> <p>We read a powerful article written by former Noisettes fromtwoman <a href="https://shingai.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shingai</a>, whose latest album Too Bold is out now.</p> <p>Masala Chai this week was courtesy Toronto thrash punks <a href="https://theobgms.com/" rel="no