KEEGAN POWELL – “LONG WAY THROUGH DOOM”
INDEPENDENT
Canadian musician Keegan Powell returns with “Long Way Through Doom,” a fierce and energetic indie anthem built on instinct, grit, and momentum. Blending massive guitars with shaman-like vocal hooks and a sweetened vocal edge, the track evokes a world driven less by logic and more by raw animal impulse. It surges forward with swagger and urgency, pulling listeners into a sonic current that feels impossible to escape.
At its core, “Long Way Through Doom” is both primal and poetic: a collision of chaos and melody where instinct takes over and meaning emerges in fragments rather than structure.
Written initially without any intention of vocals, the track began as a self-imposed creative experiment. “I purposely assigned myself to write a big dumb rock riff” Keegan explains. “Once I gave myself that M.O, the main riff just came out of my hands.”
The result feels like a moment of fate rather than construction. It’s a song that arrived fully formed through creative alignment rather than careful planning.
“Long Way Through Doom” sits within Keegan’s broader creative universe but marks a continuation of his refusal to remain stylistically fixed. It follows a career defined by constant reinvention, from lo-fi experimental beginnings to expansive rock explorations, now converging into a sound that feels both unhinged and precise.
Keegan Powell’s work explores the mystery of pain, release, and the uneasy possibility that life itself may be a kind of miracle. Since his early lo-fi EPs Is+Was and Headspun, Keegan has built a catalogue defined by distortion, reflection, and emotional volatility, evolving through releases like Previous Pain, Fear Be Gone, and Alien Radio.
Across those projects, Keegan has continually resisted artistic stagnation, shifting from reverb-soaked experimentation to sharper, more melodic rock forms without losing his core emotional intensity. His 2024 live project, Keegan Powell and The Jetpacks, further expanded that trajectory, bringing a raw, high-voltage energy to his already restless sound.
With a new record completed for release later this year, “Long Way Through Doom” signals another forward step: heavier, stranger, and more instinct-driven than ever, while still anchored in Keegan’s signature emotional undercurrent.
ARTIST QUOTE
“I scoured through some old poetry and found a piece called ‘World Debut. It just fits. I started melodizing the words and it all clicked into place.”
Keegan Powell
[Single]
(Independent)
Release Date: June 3, 2026
Artist Links
SPILL NEW MUSIC: THE MOSFETS – “KEITH IS A BLUES ARTIST”
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