UK based alternative rocker, Lucifer’s Beard (also known as Christopher Barnes), is back with a spaghetti western styled single “The Guy With A Black Eye”. Combining the yowling shouts of Modest Mouse with the rocking power of the Foo Fighters, it’s a naturally aggressive and confrontational song that dreams of being wild and reckless like the titular character.
“I don’t usually have a concept of a song before the music has been written” Barnes admits, “The music usually drives any narrative for me. So, when I had this character in my head I just started aimlessly playing fast guitar chords and it all fell into place pretty quickly, I thought about trying to put a bridge in or other sections, but conceptually it just felt right to be a short aggressive and punchy song!”
As the song finds is driving stride, he sings through the sandstorm chorus “I wanna live like the guy with a black eye / a three fucks man / and not broken!” with reckless abandon. As he drills down the confidence, charisma, and fighting spirit of this new character, he finds a do-or-die attitude that permeates through the song’s DNA.
Originally inspired by a random passerby described with “a skateboard tucked under his arm, attitude for days, and a big black eye”, this tidal wave of a song will take you by surprise with its wiles. As the follow up single to “Shake On The Floor” released earlier this year, it demonstrates a wild energy and ambition that proves Lucifer’s Beard is charged and ready for action.
“The Guy With A Black Eye” is available now on major streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and BandCamp. Find this and more great music on the Alchemical Records Multigenre Mixture playlist on Spotify.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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