If you love your rock music with some grit, you’re going to be stomping your foot along with “I Need to Feel,” the latest single from regional Victorian outfit Nick Carver & The Mean Street Butchers. It’s such a soulful swamp-rock track, with a little hint of psychedelia. It already sounds like a classic.
“As far as sound goes, it’s a rock song. There’s very little of the alt-country/bluesy sound that’s on the previous releases. That’s not to say that stuff is over, but I’ve been working towards writing some real straight-up rock stuff that people can be expecting to hear with the next few releases,” Nick said. “I’ve always loved some cool weird rock, like Funkadelic, Ween, Melvins, Brant Bjork, and early Queens of the Stone Age. I think all of those bands just played out some songs that were really simple to them and kept all the little nuances and oddities that we sometimes try to improve on and end up losing the really cool essence of the track.”
The film clip, created by Pete McKew using AI animation technology is also brilliant. Drawing inspiration from Wake in Fright, it explores the violent and alcoholic history of the Aussie Outback, with a little alien abduction thrown in.
With their sound evolving, I’m keen to hear what comes next from Nick Carver & The Mean Street Butchers.
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