THE HEAVY RELEASE NEW SINGLE “STONE COLD KILLER”
NEW ALBUM AMEN OUT APRIL 21
The Heavy have released their brand new single “Stone Cold Killer”. The song is the latest to be taken from the forthcoming album AMEN, out April 21st and available to pre-order HERE.
βStone Cold Killerβ is a gnarled roadhouse rocker written about guitarist Dan Taylorβs new kitten βthat beautiful thing kills everythingβ, the humorous accompanying video portrays a retro crime caper as the band are hunted by the menacing feline felon.
Regarding the single Dan says, βWe got a new cat, a female Burmese. She’s the cutest thing youβve ever seen, but an absolute enemy of every living thing in the garden. Iβm talking total and all-out destruction of robins nesting,Β sheβs a terror to everything around her.Β I thought she was cute but damn, is she mean… So, she’sΒ the stone cold killer.β
“Stone Cold Killer” follows the release of singles “I Feel The Love” and “Hurricane Coming”, all taken from AMEN. “I Feel The Love” jumps with the Pentecostal pop fever full of Mississippi heat, while βHurricane Comingβ is an exhilarating maelstrom of β60s R&B riffs, horns and gospel harmonies.
The singles have had great support from BBC 6Music, with Craig Charles, Don Letts and Chris Hawkins all particularly big fans at the station, while theyβve also been receiving lots of airplay in the US too. Additionally, βHurricane Comingβ has been selected to feature on the soundtrack of the Six Nations rugby.
The Heavyβs sixth album AMEN was recorded at Rockfield Studios, produced with Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, U2) and engineered with Real World Studiosβ Joe Jones. Elsewhere on the album thereβs the grimy swamp glam of βBad Muthafuckerβ, while βWhole Lot Of Meβ, βFeels Like Rainβ and βWithout A Womanβ evoke the string-drenched classic soul of Sam Cooke and Curtis Mayfield with a sly modern crackle.
Their corrupted R&B power is unstoppable and, revived to full blast from the pandemic lull, theyβre hurtling into 2023, whipping and writhing with seditious blues drama, soul and gospel passion, the crunch of prime hip-hop and garage punkβs visceral electricity pulsating through AMEN.
The response to The Heavyβs return has been ecstatic. The band put UK headline shows on sale for March 2023 which sold out in minutes, prompting additional dates to be added for their September headline tour, including Londonβs KOKO (15th) and Bristol SWX (21st). Tickets are on sale now via www.theheavy.co.uk and full UK tour dates listed below:
The Heavy
Amen
(Bad Son Recordings)
Release Date: April 21, 2023
Amen Track Listing
- Hurricane Coming
- Ainβt A Love
- Bad Muthafucker
- I Feel The Love
- Messinβ With My Mind
- Just Like Summer
- Stone Cold Killer
- Whole Lot Of Me
- Feels Like Rain
- Without A Woman