LIGHTENING STRIKES!
Out of the coldest and darkest month of the year; almost forgotten between last year's best of music lists, and the anticipation of Spring, January is often shuffled aside in forgotten to do lists, quickly broken resolutions, and plans for Summer holidays. But despair not, the scene is industriously at work; planning, writing, recording and mastering, and out of the storm......lightening strikes!
Birmingham's Joe Peacock lights it up and explodes out of the darkness with his powerful new single On Fire Again. The second release since July's album Mirror Neuron Generator, a collection of eclectic electronica and haunting vocals, On Fire Again strips out any hint of over production, and brings Joe back to the gritty, the bombastic, the indie!
Laden with proto punk energy, On Fire Again hooks you straight off with this rainy night in the city, plunky, Velvet Underground style lead riff. The chorus amps the noise and Joe leads an uptown guitar assault, filled with garage noise, reminiscent of early, moody, Sonic Youth.
Always the consummate storyteller, with On Fire Again Joe recounts the real life story of a man who holds the record for being struck by lightning the most times...incredibly seven! "Seven times a one in half a million chance, He didn’t want to be a lightning rod" One would be honestly enough in my opinion! The lyrics continue to weave in imagery of life, death, and rebirth related to lightening, "A livid path is gone too fast, A sign this day could be your last, Or will you be reborn again?"
Like the Phoenix from the ashes, On Fire Again ignites musically and builds it up to burn it down, to the point where we're finally left with Joe's cryptic instructions "Watch the skies, always watch the skies...". The January night just got a little brighter!
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