First single Keep Your Eyes On The Road is a lesson in melody, composition and mood. The song is built around two wonderful sections, the first a foot-stomping guitar melody with Lone Wolf's confident but restrained vocals sounding like a mix of Dave Grohl and James Yuill. The second melody is powered by the stunning vocals that Lone Wolf offers, the confidence juxtaposing the dark undercurrents of his lyrics. As the song seamlessly switches back to the original melodies, it becomes painfully apparent just how intelligent a songwriter Lone Wolf is as he manipulates each instrument to take and relinquish control, highlighting their importance to the overall themes.
As the song climaxes, we are introduced to the final soaring melody, coupled with euphoric guitar lines and a chorus of his own backing vocals. The sing spirals, up or down is hard to decide upon, but as it explodes with thrashes of distortion and thumping drums, it is plainly clear that the song has arrived. The song's thundering ending is echoed in his repeating retort of
"I lay staring at your innocent skin,
wondering how I messed this up but I surely did"
Not only is this an A Grade eargasm but an eyegasm to boot with it's stunning video dedicated to the equally impressive Sledgehammer video by Peter Gabriel.
Lone Wolf - Keep Your Eyes On The Road from Bella Union on Vimeo.
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