- 2025-02-06
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MUSIC
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Inhaler Premieres New Song “Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” on BBC Radio 1
Irish rock band Inhaler, consisting of Elijah Hewson (vocals/guitar), Robert Keating (bass), Josh Jenkinson (guitar) and Ryan McMahon (drums), will release their upcoming third studio album “Open Wide” this Friday.
From the album, the band premiered the fourth and final pre-release single called “Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
On the track, the band takes its sound in audacious new directions with its propulsive 80s pop grooves.
It was written by Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating, and Ryan McMahon. Produced by Kid Harpoon.
The new album comprises 13 songs, which the band recorded with producer Kid Harpoon at RAK Studios in London.
The band wrote 30 songs for the album in six months, and then they finished 13 songs.
The band told BBC Radio 1 about the album, “This was the first time we actually had that kind of ideal scenario where we just took six months off and just the four of us just hung out for ages and music. I think that felt like a big success for us. We got a lot of joy out of just like, slowing down and just being together and writing music together.”- The band frontman Elijah Hewson said, “My favourite song is Billy, but one of my favourite memories from making the album was recording X-ray in the studio with Tom. We were going around the chorus trying to figure out what wasn’t clicking when he made the brilliant idea of going to a different resolving chord to what was there before. Not only did it completely lift the chorus, but it also gave me an excuse to tune my guitar to drop D (a filthy tuning).“
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He added, “When I listen to the album, I hear us finding a new perspective on our music and our lives. I think that's what this album is to us. It's not an exit but an entry. These were songs we needed to hear at this point in our lives, so we made them ourselves. It was in every sense a complete labour of love. We hope you feel that and maybe hear some laughter spilling onto the mics somewhere too. It's yours soon though.” - source : BBC Radio 1
