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SO TERRIFIED
BY FOUR LIONS
With their new album WIDE AWAKE, Bendigo rockers Four Lions deliberately set out to make a record chock-full of stadium-style anthems. But dig deeper, and you’ll find pure pop moments among the bangers.
The new single So Terrified, featuring harmony vocals from Melbourne
chanteuse Katie Bates, is a prime example - peppering gleaming keys through the coruscating guitar riffs that anchor the song.
Lead guitarist Keith MacQueen says: “It’s nice to lighten up from time to time in terms of our sonic approach … the (lyrical) topic is still hefty, but the actual song itself – it is good to have something a little light and bouncy.”
And frontman Shann Lions namechecks the Beach Boys’ God Only Knows as inspiration, adding that the song “has a Wilco Summer Teeth type of vibe”.
So Terrified is released digitally on Thursday, April 21, on the band’s own label Verse Chorus Verse.
lyrics
So Terrified
Where’s the colour in the black?
Collateral damage with your broken back
Clear emotional quicksand now, ahhh
No one knows me like you did, unpack trauma into recycling
Forced to separate the loss now, ahhh
It’s just terror, systems error
I’m so terrified
It’s just terror, systems error
I’m so terrified
Ahhh
Can’t stop loving you
This is what I have to do
Sparks fly from our train wreck now, ahhh
No one knows me like you did, unpack trauma into recycling
Forced to separate the loss now, ahhh
It’s just terror, systems error
I’m so terrified
It’s just terror, systems error
I’m so terrified
Ahhh
credits
released April 21, 2022
Four Lions
So Terrified
Produced By Shann Lions, Keith MacQueen & Finn Keane.
Recorded By Finn Keane At Head Gap
Mixed By Bohdan Dower At Bulb Audio
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz At US Mastering
Lyrics And Music Written By Shann Lions (Control)
Keith MacQueen: Lead, rhythm guitars
Gavan Moncrieff: Drums/ shaker
Bradley Bradford: Bass
Stephen Briggs: Piano, organ
Shann Lions: Lead vocals/ rhythm guitars/ synths
Katie Bates: Backing vocals
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