The Ugly Kings premiere a music video for the title track of their sophomore full-length album »Strange, Strange Times«
Photo by Joel Adams
Australian alternative rockers The Ugly Kings premiere a music video for the new single and title track of their sophomore full-length album, »Strange, Strange Times«, which will be released this Friday, August 13th, 2021 via Napalm Records.
Message behind the song: “»Strange, Strange Times« is about anxiety. The world seems to be getting weirder and weirder every year and we are becoming more and more in touch with everything that is happening on earth as it happens. It’s impossible to process and impossible to make sense of. »Strange, Strange Times« is the low hum that we all carry around with us every day, the itch on our back that we can’t scratch, it’s the first cut in a thousand cuts. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and count to ten.”
Directed and edited by Wren Steiner.
Produced by Redouane Chaouki.
Filmed at Magnet Studios in Melbourne, Australia.
From Napalm Records:
Hailing from the great down under but headed straight to the top, Melbourne, Australia based gritty alternative rockers The Ugly Kings are poised to turn heads with their bombastic sophomore full-length, »Strange, Strange Times«, out August 13, 2021 via Napalm Records. Equal parts darkened power blues and raw punk with a metallic rock edge, The Ugly Kings channel the flavor of groups like Queens Of The Stone Age and The White Stripes while preserving razor sharp, daringly introspective control with clever lyricism and addictive riffage. »Strange, Strange Times« punches from 0 to 60 at the start of its five-and-a-half minute introductory title track, »Strange, Strange Times«, before frontman Russell Clark brings the listener back down to earth with his ominous, Jim Morrison-esque croons of blissful ignorance amid relentless chaos.
The band’s revitalizing infusion of dark energy is immediately evident on tracks like radio-ready, gothic punk-laced head- bobber »Technodrone« and retro-inspired tripper »Do You Feel Like You’re Paranoid?« – both interwoven with warning lyrics relevant to the times. The post-punk revivalism spirit continues on tracks like the creeping, dynamic »In The Shadows« and seductive foot-stomper »Electric Lady (My Kryptonite)«, while the band goes on to flex their musical muscles on tracks like whiskey-soaked murder ballad »Lawman« and smoldering hard rocking standout »The Devil Comes With A Smile«. Listeners will get lost in tracks like the psychedelic, grooving »Last Man Left Alive« and equal parts proto-metal/horror punk »Mr. Hyde«, before commiserating with closing working man’s inspirational anthem »Another Fucking Day«. In a scene in which gimmick-free, angsty, inspired rock n’ roll is becoming increasingly difficult to come by, »Strange, Strange Times« is a breath of welcomed, yet strange, strange air.
Tracklist:
01. Strange, Strange Times
02. Technodrone
03. Do You Feel Like You’re Paranoid?
04. In The Shadows
05. Last Man Left Alive
06. Lawman
07. Electric Lady (My Kryptonite)
08. The Devil Comes With A Smile
09. Mr. Hyde
10. Another Fucking Day
Pre-order the new album »Strange, Strange Times« here: https://smarturl.it/StrangeStrangeTimes
The Ugly Kings are:
Russell Clark – Vocals
Christos Athanasias – Guitars
Nicolas Dumont – Bass
Joel Martin – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well