What Do You Think About the Car?
album by Declan McKenna
What Do You Think About the Car? is the debut album by English singer-songwriter and musician Declan McKenna. It was released worldwide on 21 July 2017 through Columbia Records. Singles for the record – most notably "Brazil", were released as early as 2015. Lyrically, the album sees McKenna focus on a number of political and social issues such as corruption in the FIFA World Cup and transgender suicide. The album peaked at number 11 on the UK Album Charts and number 8 in Scotland.
Composition
What Do You Think About the Car? has been described as featuring indie rock throughout. In 2015, at age 15, McKenna won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition, and started writing songs for the album soon after, while still in school. Writing went on for 2 years.
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