Could be about a person, a drug, a life-style.
“This began life as a poem about confusing love with addiction. When Lyon says she wants something, her attitude confirms that you better believe it as the Jack White-inspired “Bad Habit” proves. A few drinks in and the song came tumbling out.” We were there in March 2022, staying up late drinking local rye whiskey and looking over the water… When we were kids, listening to Hank Williams and Sister Rosetta and Mississippi John Hurt and Dylan and Cash for the first time, this was the stuff dreams are made of. “ Skyline Drive is a house in the mountains, overlooking the Colorado River deep in the heart of Texas. “Skyline Drive,” with its searing six string solos from Tyler and clever echo effects, propels Holy Moly into overdrive and shows how the band’s sound is evolving with its rocking riffs, audacious vocals, sizzling guitar licks, soaring chorus lines, and late ‘60s anarchic psychedelic finale, all reproduced in this stunning video. The beat, the riff – it felt like a good way to kick off the show.” We loved this as the title-track and opener. It’s about the dangers of playing out our dreams. “Tommy’s been messing around with this riff for a few years now. What stands out is the increasing depth of feeling in Ruth’s vocals, always perfect in terms of range and purity but here they sound even more soulful and profound.
The title track’s compulsive heavy rhythm, memorable riffs and expressive vocals sets the scene for the gold rush to follow. And a ‘shit, I’ve just turned 30 in the middle of a pandemic’ kind of existentialism.’” Conrad adds his own postscript to each album track. But there are changes, as band co-leader Conrad Bird explains, the lyrics have developed too: “It’s about gold, money, junk, big roads, big skies, rivers, love and death.
Reassuringly, the trademark huge riffs, heavy rhythms, and grooves and adrenaline-fueled solos expected by their enormous fan base are still interspersed with and underpinned by traditional folk and blues roots. Solid Gold represents an evolution to where the band is at now and not surprisingly it’s deeper into Americana whilst retaining the musical honesty, high energy and authenticity which were there from the beginning.
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