Rip-roarin’ down home rock is on the menu from ’70s-channeling riff rockers The Pinx today, as Crave exclusively premiere’s the band’s fist-pumper track “Baby Don’t” from their upcoming Freedom LP (preorder).
Freedom (out May 27) is the sound of a hard-touring, highway-burning firestorm through the American South. The record reaches out with both hands to grab classic American full-throttle rock by the horns, and new single “Baby Don’t” comes off like one would imagine The Black Keys sounding like if they took some acid, listened to a lot of The MC5 and AC/DC and made a point of avoiding their trademark color-by-numbers blues formulas.
Comprised of Adam McIntyre (vocals, guitar), Chance McColl (guitar), Jonathan Lee (bass) and Dwayne Jones (drums), Pinx deliver a volcanic mix of whiskey-soaked passion and killer fucking riffs, evidenced clearly in “Baby Don’t”.
Check out the killer new track below, exclusively premiered on Crave:
“Having a tour van that blends in with church vehicles can lead you to believe that you can meet your secret lover in a church parking lot late at night and not have cops show up and shine their headlights on you,” frontman Adam McIntyre tells Crave of the concept behind the song. “You’d be wrong. There’s nothing quite like ducking down to avoid police headlights in the back of a hot van for fifteen straight minutes to convince you to start meeting at a motel instead.”
He continues: “The song’s protagonist initially tells his lover to wait until they get to a safe spot but then she changes his mind. It’s a snapshot of a very human moment. It’s a breath of freedom during a sad, tense time (I was about to get divorced) –it’s not ruled by good sense but more basic things. I made some questionable decisions during that time and I paid the price… I’m still paying. I’m certainly not the hero of that song–merely the protagonist. It’s primal and I wanted the music to reflect that, so we’ve got a Bo Diddley groove going on for the verses, with an urgent riff and lots of bashing in the refrain. I tip my hat to Muddy Waters in the lead section. It’s a hot summer night with a couple trying not to get caught.”
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