Rock Trio Krooked Tongue return with latest single

Music Review | 28th Nov, 2024 Krooked Tongue

Rock trio Krooked Tongue follow up September's celebrated single Nothing Ever Grows with their latest guitar tinged track, Ember Mile.

Ember Mile mixes tight, driving drums, scuzzy, distorted guitar lines underneath lyrical wit and vocal swagger, channeling the rush of excitement of a creative idea coming into fruition.

Describing Ember Mile 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 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.

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.

Speaking about 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.

Krooked Tongue - Ember Mile (Youtube)

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