The Pretenders have launched “A Love,” the most recent single from their upcoming album Relentless.
“I’m not afraid of you / I’m afraid of me proper right here / I’m afraid of taking stuff / I quit yearly,” frontwoman Chrissie Hynde croons within the track’s opening line, her voice rising over a heat rock lilt.
“A Love,” which you’ll be able to hearken to beneath, harkens to the Pretenders’ basic tracks, one thing Hynde brazenly admitted.
“I suppose ‘A Love’ is probably the most historically Pretenders-sounding track on the album, within the vein of ‘Child’ or ‘Speak of the City’ or any of the midtempo ones through the years,” Hynde defined in a press launch accompanying the track.
“I typically see love/relationships virtually in the identical vein as drug dependancy,” the singer continued. “Though, having mentioned that, I do know I’m jaded, and cynical.”
“A Love” follows “I Suppose About You Each day” and “Let the Solar Come In,” marking the third track launched from Relentless.
“I get pleasure from seeing the varied meanings and origins of a phrase,” Hynde beforehand defined of the album’s title. “And I appreciated the definition: ‘Displaying no abatement of depth.’ It’s the lifetime of the artist. You by no means retire. You turn into relentless.”
Relentless was produced by David Wrench (David Byrne, Glass Animals, Frank Ocean) and options contributions from a variety of artists, together with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl.
Relentless comes out Sept. 15. In the meantime, the Pretenders will carry out a collection of exhibits with Weapons N’ Roses in August, adopted by a handful of intimate headlining performances in numerous U.S. cities.
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