27 years after Erasure topped the charts with ‘A Little Respect’, ‘The Boy Who Kicked Pigs’ released his own stripped down acoustic version of what was a huge worldwide hit for the Synth-Pop duo, favoured by composer Andy Bell.

‘The Boy Who Kicked Pigs’ is solo singer songwriter Karl Bray, who spent years playing with Brighton based electro pop outfit Kovak, the first unsigned band to be play-listed on BBC Radio 2, alongside LA’s KROQ. The band also have various tracks featured in British and Hollywood films.

Karl is currently working with a full band, recording his debut album which he’s aiming to release later this year. He has already released ‘Respect’ as a limited edition of 45 only lathe cut singles with hand made artwork by artist & girlfriend EJSparkles.

Karl has previously worked with leading producers such as Andy Gray (Hard Fi / Big Brother Theme) Andy Hughes (The Orb) spending much time crafting the perfect pop record with Kovak. The new recordings are the polar opposite, a home grown affair often recorded live in a true lo-fi style with local engineers and friends producing.

‘The Boy Who Kicked Pigs’ is now performing solo shows, sometimes with a full band and has already supported The Levellers, Finley Quaye and Karl Blau.

‘The Boy Who Kicked Pigs’ name comes from a book written by actor Tom Baker who once flung Karl a 50 pence piece whist busking in their home town of Kent.