- 2024-11-09
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MUSIC
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The Velveteers Releases New Song “Suck The Cherry”
Colorado-based rock band The Velveteers, consisting of Demi Demitro (vocals/guitar), Baby Pottersmith (drums) and Jonny Fig (drums), released a new song “Suck The Cherry” on November 7, 2024.
The song is the second single off of their upcoming sophomore album “A Million Knives”, which is set to be released on February 14, 2025.
The track is a cathartic rallying cry from tour-de-force the band lead singer Demi Demitro - centered on feeling used and fed up in the face of vulnerability.
The track was written by Baby Pottersmith and Demi Demitro. Produced by Dan Auerbach. The accompanying music video was directed by Bella Mazzola.
Demi Demitro said of the song, “I wrote ‘Suck The Cherry’ on a hot summer's day when I was locked away in a cabin in Paonia, CO. All I had with me for entertainment was my guitar, a notebook, a little drum machine and some cherries I had picked up earlier that day from the farmers market. I was messing around on the drum machine and found this beat that ended up influencing the entire song. It had this poppy/dancey feel but at the same time punk attitude. It had this chorus that was just so fun to sing, and it would always get stuck in my head.”- The new album is their first body of work in four years since the 2021 debut album “Nightmare Daydream”.
The album comprises 13 songs, which were penned by The Velveteers after a particularly grueling stretch of life on the road - while exploring the typically-unspoken tolls of an industry that can be far from compassionate; especially as a non-binary, queer and woman led rock 'n' roll band. -
Photo by Jason Thomas Geering
Background photo by Jackilyn Cooper - source : Apple Music
