NIIIICE!!! Reminds me of king crimson getting kicked in the dick by a lo fi recording studio. Good stuff.

After coming in third in the Global Battle of the Bands world final 2009, and self-releasing their debut EP in 2010, Explicit Licks are back with a brand new single released on HEF Records. Running Man literally opens with a bang, in a smashing drum intro by drummer Marius Aasarød. Bassist Christian Bjørkhaug and guitarist Håkon Sundseth deliver a down-and-dirty rock & roll-riff, that stops just in time for singer-guitarist Andreas Aasarød to spit the lyrics into the microphone. The call-and-response dynamic berween Andreas’ raw snarl and the rest of the band invokes images of street riots, broken bottles, and blood on wet concrete. This violence is only cut off by the chorus, which hints that the fight is not as serious as it sounds, but rather just some roughhousing between friends. The song is like a scene from Fight Club, it kicks you swiftly in the balls before giving you a warm hug.

Explicit Licks will take you in a smoky roadtrip through the hard rock of the 60s and 70s, before arriving smack in the middle of the garage rock revival of the 2000s. The Who and The Hives, AC/DC and Queens of the Stone Age, MC5 and WE are thrown together in catchy, in-your -face rock songs full of fist-pumping, fuzz and fucking in the streets!

The single Running Man is released August 8, and is a preview of Explicit Licks’ forthcoming debut album, which will be released summer 2012.

Get it in iTunes, Spotify, Wimp, Platekompaniet or the HEF Store (cheapest)!

Explicit Licks - Running Man

Arriving in 1975 on own label Hearthan, Pere Ubu’s debut seminal single was initially written during the short-lived early days of Rocket From The Tombs. When the group disbanded David Thomas was eager to release ‘Final Solution’ and ’30 Seconds Over Tokyo’.

Taking its name from a Ted Lawson and Robert Considine book about the 1942 Doolittle Raid the song is about a World War II bomber squad’s “suicide ride”. “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” is “seven minutes of apocalyptic synth storms, metallic guitars and unnerving vocals” Tom Pinnock - Uncut Dec 2015.
Written during a rehearsal, ‘Heart Of Darkness’ resulted in ‘Final Solution’ getting axed from the B-side.

Limited to 1000 copies this special release for Record Store Day 2016, these tracks are as vital today as they were forty years ago.


Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo

DALSAUNE is a singer, musician, music nerd, coffee enthusiast, blogger and teacher from Trondheim, Norway who used to run the HEF Records label. HEF Records has now been retired, but you can still find info about all the HEF releases at http://hefrecs.tumblr.com/releases.

Explicit Licks - Running Man

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