KillerStar return with the release of their electrifying second album ‘The Afterglow’ on March 20th. The band share the first taste of the record in the shape of the new single ‘So Easy’. Listen HERE.
KillerStar’s flair for taking sonic touchpoints from the past and recontextualising them for the present is achieved with greater confidence than ever with ‘So Easy’. Its central guitar riff sparkles like a lost favourite from the glam rock heyday accompanied by suitably stomping rhythms, while sublime female vocal harmonies from The Webb Sisters swirl around Rob Fleming’s refined lead. But just as you think you know where it’s going Mike Garson’s exquisite piano subverts the song’s direction, taking this otherwise playful track somewhere altogether more poignant. Fellow David Bowie band alumni Earl Slick doubles with Rob on Guitars and Mark Plati is on Bass.
‘The Afterglow’ album was written by Rob Fleming with James Sedge, and the duo produced the set alongside Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, The Who) who also mixed the record. It was completed with digital mastering courtesy of Joe La Porta at Sterling Sound and vinyl mastering by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. It was recorded between London, New York and Los Angelesduring sessions at studios including RAK, The Clubhouse, Strongroom and Dean Street Studios.
The accompanying ‘So Easy’ video images the classic ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ narrative in the present day. Najib Mutebis and Lauren Rose McGee star as the outlaw lovers, their crimes soon escalating from petty phone snatching to full-scale bank robberies. But when Bonniestrikes out alone it seems the game is up… until Clyde saves the day and allows their relationship to continue into new horizons. You might also spot some neat KillerStar easter eggs including the Sedge Bank, the Fleming Off Licence and a packet of KillerStar-branded cigarettes. The video was written, directed and edited by JJ Eringa (The Anchoress, James Dean Bradfield, Jamie Webster).
‘The Afterglow’ is available to pre-order / pre-save HERE. It will be released on limited edition vinyl as well as CD and digital formats.
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