- 2024-11-22
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MUSIC
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Krooked Tongue Releases New Song “Ember Mile”
Bristol-based alt-rock band Krooked Tongue, consisting of Oli Rainsford (lead vocals/bass), Dan Smith (guitar/vocals) and Harry Pritchard (drums), released their brand new song “Ember Mile” on November 22, 2024.
The song follows up “Nothing Ever Grows”, which was released back in September.
The band recorded the track with producer Josh Gallop at at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, as with the previous song.
The track mixes tight, driving drums, distorted guitar lines, witty lyrics, and powerful vocals, channeling the rush of excitement of a creative idea coming to fruition.
The band lead singe Oli Rainsford said of the song, “In a lot of ways, ‘Ember Mile’ is the more positive cousin of ‘Nothing Ever Grows’. It’s a victory song. The cry of the inner battle when it comes to trying to create. The concept of ‘Ember Mile’ is something I conjured up that embodied the electricity of a moment. To me it feels like the part of a movie where the hero finally knows what they have to do to save the day. Here comes the triumphant music and the 80s montages. You could say it’s our Rocky 4.”- He continued, “‘Ember Mile’ is the clairvoyance, a beacon to channel your dreams and actually make something happen. SO often we talk about doing things but never follow through. I suppose this is the kick up the arse to make it happen. I wanted this song to feel like an internal monologue, breaking the fourth wall and spitting back with a sarcastic tongue. ‘Ember Mile’ refers to a proverbial golden, fiery strip of road where the final idea awaits on the horizon. In my case it's referring to the final hurdle before finishing writing a song.”
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The band said, “When we wrote ‘Ember Mile’, we wanted a middle 8 that built and built where the audience could participate and feel as though they were climbing with us up to the drop. It’s definitely taken influence from bands like The Killers. You can hear that influence on this track with the synths in the breakdown section. The shadow of ‘Smile Like You Mean It’ is very much lurking over that part of the song, and hopefully we’ve done it justice by transferring some of that voice over to the modern rock landscape.” - source : Apple Music
