Bristol indie rock trio Krooked Tongue have unleashed their new single “Ember Mile“.
The song is out now and follows on from their September’s celebrated single ‘Nothing Ever Grows’. Buy it here.
Recorded and produced with long-time producer Josh Gallop at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, the track mixes tight, driving drums, scuzzy, distorted guitar lines and Rainsford’s signature lyrical wit and vocal swagger, channelling the rush of excitement of a creative idea coming into fruition, where previous single Nothing Ever Grows encapsulated the negative emotions involved with the feeling of writer’s block.
Describing the single, vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford states:
“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 that 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. 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.”
“‘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.”
On what they hoped to achieve sonically, the band explain:
“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.”
Take a listen now.
Catch the band live:
30th November – O2 Institute 3 – Birmingham (supporting The Luka State)
