Although recognising the importance of writing about current issues, and really wanting to write about Brexit, Gaz feels like he shouldn’t take up space in conversations he doesn’t have a place in, such as writing about issues from the perspective of a person of colour. He said “I’m talking from a position of privilege. I’m a white, straight man, so I don’t want to talk about refugees and stuff like that, because I don’t want to take up space in that thing as an artist, that’s not my place, but I support people who do that. You have to use your own perspective and see how that can be useful.” 

Lyrical inspiration for the band comes mostly from Gaz' day job, working for a charity and dealing with people with disabilities, with new material focusing on Brexit, and how he feels that it's a very masculine, working class, aggressive thing.

Man & The Echo want to make people uncomfortable, and make them think, rather than just saying ‘this is a cause and you’re going to agree’. Speaking on their new material, he said, “We’ve got a new song called ‘Life on an island’ and it’s very much about working class conditions and middle-class people not understanding you and saying, “why don’t you give up work and go travelling?” and it’s because people can’t afford to do that. So, it’s sympathetic towards this character, and it’s talking about how actually the only freedom you then get is at the end of your life by the time your body doesn’t work anymore, your brain doesn’t work anymore, and you’re just a wreck but now you can rest and can be avant garde and independent and choose what to do with all your time. Then it turns into “so that’s why I’m voting Brexit”. So, you’ve been sympathising with this person, well now he’s fucking racist and awful, and he’s making it worse for other people and he’s voted for something that’s gonna kill you because his life killed him.”

The band have definitely got some powerful stuff in store, singing about what they know: unprivileged people who need help in the UK and what they deal with, social issues afftecing people broadly, and what it's like for people living in a Conservative government.