The Silver Lines Latest Single ‘Cocaine’ Out Now; Upcoming Second EP ‘…And The Lord Don’t Think I Can Handle It’ Out Later This Year

Showcasing some of their heaviest work to date, Birmingham Alt-Rockers The Silver Lines latest single ‘Cocaine’ captures the band at their most potent and intense. Taken from the band's upcoming second EP ‘...And The Lord Don’t Think I Can Handle It’, the track offers a taste of what can be expected as well as how the quartet’s sound has progressed.

Truly capturing the essence of the high-octane live performances which have seen them sell out shows across the UK and beyond, appear on festival line ups through the US and Europe, and gain a wave of support from national radio (Huw Stphens on BBC Radio 1, Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music and John Kennedy on Radio X), the single comes ahead of the bands upcoming appearance at SXSW.

A departure from the indie-come-alt-rock tendencies of their previous material, ‘Cocaine’ sees the band delve into the punk elements of their sound with a ferocious, Soft Play-esque approach. Built around a relentless guitar line, punching drums and driving bass, the track creates an explosive, fuzzy backdrop for the urgent, infectious, shouted lead vocal.

Talking about the track, the band explain: "Cocaine is a statement, it’s designed to be provocative, to push boundaries of what can be done musically and be in your face. Written around one driving note on the guitar and then built up, the song's effectiveness lies in its simplicity".

The lyrics are left ambiguous, is cocaine literal or a metaphor? The use of wordplay is also integral with newly made up words used for rhythmic effect seen by such novelists, poet and musicians of yesteryear and no traditional verses and chorus like current songs, instead stanzas and refrains like poetry. The instrumental is unrelenting and deliberately speeds in tempo as the song progress giving it a live sound and the feel of the song is supposed to simulate a rush of adrenalin - the first hit kicks in when the drums become full, the after effects then wear off during the breakdown and the outro is that second hit taking you to a higher level with a cheeky key change thrown in. Overall the song is supposed to feel like a manic journey, a rush of cocaine.

Talking about their upcoming EP, the band explain: “The Silver Lines second EP ...And The Lord Don’t Think I Can Handle It, is a darker and more provocative piece of work than our previous”.