Skating Polly Announce New Album 'Chaos Country Line', Share First Single Hickey King
Monday, 06 March 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Travis Trautt
Skating Polly have announced a new album.
The follow-up to 2018's 'The Make It All Show' is called 'Chaos Country Line' and will arrive on June 23 via ElCamino Media.
To accompany the news, the sibling trio have shared the fiery first single, Hickey King, which offers catchy vocals over dark, menacing pop sensibilities, interspersed with bursts of pile-driving fuzzy guitars. Head below to view the song's accompany video.
"In Peyton’s verse she’s talking about never knowing how far to go or how much of yourself to give to someone, and when my part comes crashing in it’s about guys being possessive and always trying to leave their mark on you," said Kelli Mayo, who shares guitar, bass and vocal duties with her stepsister Peyton Bighorse.
"To me it's the most Skating Polly song on the record, because it’s all these different energies happening at once." Commenting on the accompanying video, she continued:
"The Hickey King video was special to us for lots of reasons. First of all, it was very important to me that it have a "live performance" element because we'd been playing it live for a year and it just feels massive to jump around to and feed off the audience's energy. The setting for the performance stuff couldn't have been lovelier, as it was an all ages space (Real Art Tacoma) in our home town and we were decked out in vintage clothes from our favorite local shop Scorpio Rising.
"Felt like we had to have Dave Smith direct, being the man who's made more classic Skating Polly vids than any other (Pretective Boy, Hail Mary, Stop Digging, A Little Late, Queen For A Day). And Isaiah Autrey, the actor in the video, was just a friend who we thought was hot and wouldn't mind hamming it up for a video and we got incredibly lucky because his acting chops exceeded expectations, couldn't have been a better fit!"
The announcement comes as the Seattle-based band kick off their UK tour tonight (March 6) in Brighton.
'Chaos Country Line' tracklist:
1. Baby On My Birthday
2. Masquerade
3. Hickey King
4. Girls Night
5. All The Choices
6. Booster Seat
7. Hush Now
8. Rabbit Food
9. Tiger At The Drugstore
10. Singalong
11. Someone Like a Friend
12. Double Decker
13. Charlie's Brother
14. Send A Priest
15. I'm Sorry For Always Apologizing
16. Not Going Back Again
17. Man Out There ft. David Yow
18. Party House
Skating Polly Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon March 06 2023 - BRIGHTON Hope and Ruin Brighton
Tue March 07 2023 - NORWICH Waterfront Studio
Wed March 08 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Cluny
Thu March 09 2023 - SHEFFIELD Corporation
Fri March 10 2023 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy2 Liverpool
Sat March 11 2023 - HULL Polar Bear Music Club
Sun March 12 2023 - LONDON Moth Club
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