Beans on Toast - 'Back Out on the Road'

Beans on Toast releases their new single ‘Back Out on The Road’ which is a love letter to live music for their 2023 ‘Back Out on The Road’ tour. 

Essex born folk songwriter Beans on Toast has been writing simple songs about complicated issues since 2005. He has became a people’s champ of the modern folk scene and has amassed a huge back catalogue of songs in the process. Beans on Toast releases a new album every year on the 1st of December, which also happens to be his birthday. His debut album ‘Standing on a Chair’ was released in 2009 and is the largest yet with 50 songs ranging from the topic of drugs, love and politics. Beans on Toast is an optimist whose songs celebrate everything that is wonderful about the human spirit and from this he has had sold out headline shows in the UK and been headlining festivals such as ‘Glastonbury’ every year since 2007. 

‘I’m like a visiting king, in a cardboard crown’.

Beans on Toast says that ‘Back out on the Road’ is a love letter to live music, the independent venues and the wonderful people who frequent them. He continues that it is a celebration of England and his joys of travelling the beautiful land. With Beans on Toast touring for over a decade with thousands of gigs under his belt, he says it never gets old. Even showing his gratitude to his fans because without them, he couldn’t continue his journey. The single shows the fans how much he loves touring. 

‘This job it don’t ever get old.’

This uplifting folk song is the first of three brand new singles that Beans on Toast has teased saying they will be unveiled in the next coming weeks. ‘Back Out on The Road’ and the next two singles will appear on the next album which will be released on the 1st of December 2023. The 2022 release of, ‘The Fascinating Adventure of Little Bee’ shows Jay McAllister skill for acoustics with an album for kids but for the upcoming album he wants to draw a line and go back to the classic songs about the current state of the world. 

So get ready to get tickets for the Beans on Toast upcoming tour and get ready to sing ‘Back Out on The Road’

Words by Beth Simms



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