Eight Legs – Introducing
“…there were creatures on the ceiling there was blood on the walls and I had the strangest feeling that I’d been
here before” – Best of Me
Eight Legs aren’t what they seem. Loved by the fashion world yet staunchly a content-over-style affair with literary references blazing from every acutely socially aware lyric. Youthful and buoyant, projected in their adrenalized live shows where a live for now, rock ‘n’ roll spirit races through their collective veins, yet they soundtracked the precautionary anti-binge drinking ad on TV. They then spent the cash from said successes on setting up own label Boot Legs. Living for the moment is nice and all, but when music is your life you want some longevity and creative control.
And here’s another confusion. The band’s last single ‘I Understand’ was a warm, jovial sing-a-long bursting with shouty chorus and psychedelic twists and turns. Now it’s time to meet the ‘other’ Eight Legs. New single ‘Best of Me’ is a tale of paranoia, isolation and the sense of something lurking around the corners of life that is out to get us all. A creeping sense of anxiety and urgency fuelled by thunderous drums, a killer foreboding guitar riff and a chorus that drives direct to the pit of your stomach and runs around your head for days.
Eight Legs welcome in the dark side and it suits them. There is a lot to like about these boys! It’s good old fashioned no-nonsense pop with a feel of late 70’s new wave. The band head out on tour through late February to coincide with the release of “Best Of Me” on Feb 15th. The album follows a week later on 22nd. Check the band’s Myspace for dates!!
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