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The Heavy have released their brand new single “Stone Cold Killer.” The song is the latest to be taken from the forthcoming album AMEN, out April 21st and available to pre-order here.
“Stone Cold Killer” is a gnarled roadhouse rocker written about guitarist Dan Taylor’s new kitten. “That beautiful thing kills everything,” Taylor says. The humorous video portrays a retro crime caper as the band are hunted by the menacing feline felon.
Watch the “Stone Cold Killer” video here: https://youtu.be/xFRQ1tYjoqw
Regarding the single Dan says, “We got a new cat, a female Burmese. She's the cutest thing you’ve ever seen, but an absolute enemy of every living thing in the garden. I’m talking total and all-out destruction of robins nesting, she’s a terror to everything around her. I thought she was cute but damn, is she mean... So, she's the stone cold killer.”
“Stone Cold Killer” follows the release of singles “I Feel The Love” and “Hurricane Coming,” all taken from AMEN. “I Feel The Love” jumps with the Pentecostal pop fever full of Mississippi heat, while “Hurricane Coming” is an exhilarating maelstrom of ‘60s R&B riffs, horns and gospel harmonies.
The singles have received critical praise from the likes of The Independent, Louder, Afropunk, American Songwriter, 1883 Magazine among many others. “I Feel The Love” was recently the #1 most added single for AAA US commercial radio and “Hurricane Coming” was featured on the soundtrack for the Six Nations rugby.
The Heavy’s sixth album AMEN was recorded at Rockfield Studios, produced with Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, U2) and engineered with Real World Studios’ Joe Jones. Elsewhere on the album there’s the grimy swamp glam of “Bad Muthafucker,” while “Whole Lot Of Me,” “Feels Like Rain” and “Without A Woman” evoke the string-drenched classic soul of Sam Cooke and Curtis Mayfield with a sly modern crackle.
Their corrupted R&B power is unstoppable and, revived to full blast from the pandemic lull, they’re hurtling into 2023, whipping and writhing with seditious blues drama, soul and gospel passion, the crunch of prime hip-hop and garage punk’s visceral electricity pulsating through AMEN.
The response to The Heavy’s return has been ecstatic. The band put UK headline shows on sale for March 2023 which sold out in minutes, prompting additional dates to be added for their September headline tour. They will play a set of U.S. dates in May including a sold out show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles and Elsewhere in Brooklyn. Tickets are on sale now via www.theheavy.co.uk and full tour dates are listed below:
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