Punk-folk singer Katie MF is delighted to release her raucous new single, Japanese Whiskey.The track is the first single to be taken from her debut album, False Starts, Open Endings.
The song, written in anticipation of the ending of the pandemic lockdown, twirls with a sense of pent-up raucous energy and carpe diem spirit amongst a nostalgic longing for getting back to a fun-filled normal life.
Creating a style of music that isn’t easy to categorise, Katie’s passionate delivery, thought provoking lyricism and rowdy live shows have captivated audiences far and wide. This has led to slots playing alongside the likes of Frank Turner, Spanish Love Songs, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Chris Farren, Lightyear, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun and Lauran Hibberd.
Talking about the track, Katie explained: “The chorus references wanting open endings and false starts as a counterpoint to the predictability of endless days alone in my flat, where I wrote the song, and the rest is just a bit of a fuck it, let’s move fast now because I am SO DONE with being patient and living a slow life.”
| Japanese Whiskey is the perfect showcase of what False Starts, Open Endings has to offer; a record that embodies Katie’s punk sensibilities while showcasing her literate, earnest songwriting. This is further illustrated by the foot stomping vibrancy of opening track ‘Lucky MF’, written in the aftermath of a freak car accident where a chunk of metal crashed through the windscreen narrowly missing Katie’s head, to the bittersweet love ballad of ‘August Arrived’. Japanese Whiskey is out on 5th July 2023 and is taken from debut album, False Starts, Open Endings, out on 15th September 2023 via Lockjaw Records. |
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