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There is a fierce urgency to Four Lions’ new single Obsession – from their latest album WIDE AWAKE - that perfectly fits the band’s pre-recording ethos of creating an album of stadium-style anthems.
From go to whoa, Obsession doesn’t let up as the instruments weave in and out of the melody – the guitars roar, propelled forward by a driving rhythm section, while the organ flourishes ride shotgun.
“The way we attacked the recording of this album – the actual sonics – it’s so much more lively than our other work,” lead guitarist Keith MacQueen says.
And frontman and main songwriter Shann Lions says he made a conscious
decision to write “earworms”. “That was the intention – to make people come back to it because it sticks in their ears,” he adds.
lyrics
Obsession
Lyrics and Music Written By Shann Lions (Control)
So shaking rattle inside my head, our train tracks now just so bent
So anxious, about to leave my den, outside cat’s pounce on a mouse till death
A reckless obsession, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
Life’s cruel lesson, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
No response is still a response nothing said, Impossible’ s possible when you start again, fuel the world from
above embers left, it is what it is a slow death
A reckless obsession, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
Life’s cruel lesson, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
What I have, I don’t want, and what I want, I don’t have, I’ll give everything I own to see you smile at me again.
What I have, I don’t want, and what I want, I don’t have, I’ll give everything I own to see you smile at me again.
A reckless obsession, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
Life’s cruel lesson, nights feel so cold, when you’re alone down an empty hole.
credits
released May 26, 2022
Produced By Shann Lions, Keith MacQueen, Finn Keane
Recorded At Head Gap By Finn Keane
Mixed At Bulb Audio By Bohdan Dower
Mastered At US Mastering By Ludwing Diaz
Obsession
Keith MacQueen: Lead/Rhythm Guitars/Lead/Backing Vocals
Gavan Moncrieff: Drums/Tambourine/Cow Bell
Bradley Bradford: Bass
Stephen Briggs: Organ
Shann Lions: Lead/Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
The Energetic Street Horns
Brendan Bartlett: Trombone
Harry Godfrey: Saxophone
Alex Dullard: Trumpet
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