It’s Autumn Kings season! And the rising rock outfit is on a roll. The band dropped a brand new song, "yOunG BLoOds", while their previously-released smash “GONE, GONE, GONE, steadily climbs the charts. The band is now sitting on their first ever top-ten hit, a milestone they are endlessly proud of.
On the heels of “GONE, GONE, GONE’S succes, Autumn Kings have announced a brand new album: "Epiphanies". The announcement arrives in tandem with a brand new song “Become Numb,” out now. The record, a bold display of the band’s writing capabilities, propels them to new heights, showcasing their explosive rise to the top. Also on the record, which arrives this fall, are previous releases like "Hellbound" and "Sleep When I'm Dead" (which both soared into the Top 20 on the Active Rock charts). Autumn Kings continue to prove they’re a force to be reckoned with in modern rock and this fresh chapter marks an important milestone for the duo’s swift rise to stardom.Fans can pre-order the new record HERE.
AUTUMN KINGS SAY OF THE NEW SINGLE:
“yOunG BLoOds speaks to the sentiment of revolution that is simmering across the world. It's about being unafraid to call out injustice.
With all the turmoil taking hold in the world, it is important to refuse to remain silent and use our voices to stand up for what we believe in.
We had a blast making this song with the legendary Howard Jones, who we believe is one of the greatest heavy metal vocalists to ever live.
Musically, we leaned into a raw rap-meets metal-meets world music sound and then mix it up with a dramatic tempo change at the end of the song, something we haven’t done much of in the past.
This is gonna be a huge live hit and we know you're going to be screaming along to the chorus and headbanging to the drums. We're stoked for you to crank this one!”
AUTUMN KINGS SAY OF THE ALBUM:
"We have been keeping this under wraps for the longest time and are beyond excited to tell you that…… OUR NEW ALBUM "EPIPHANIES" DROPS SEPTEMBER 18th. It’s the first album we ever put out under a record label and by far the body of work we are most proud of.
With that thrilling announcement comes our latest single, “BECOME NUMB”.
Become Numb speaks to the feeling of being trapped in your own mind. Experiencing the weight of intrusive thoughts and feeling like there's no way out of the downward spiral that's taken hold of you. Like you've been thrown you into the middle of a cornfield with no idea of which direction to go.
Unlike most of the songs on this record, we didn't flip the script into a heroic exercise of individual sovereignty to break the chains of despair. Instead we just sat with the feeling of being entangled, stuck.
We tend to lean introspective with our lyrics, and the punchline of the song is, "the fear of letting go; it's got me coming undone".
I believe we are usually able to instinctively identify how we feel and why we feel the way we do. But how to get out of that whirlwind is the most difficult thing. It's like knowing you need to have a hard conversation with someone, but struggling to find the inner strength to actually do it - that's the hard part.
Musically, we almost went anti-climactic on the chorus, taking inspiration from Arctic Monkeys, one of our favorite bands. You'll hear funk, rap, rock, metal, and ska, and world music all fused into one with this song.... Yet it is still fundamentally a rock song. This might be our favorite song of the record."
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