{"id":34011,"date":"2020-04-15T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34011"},"modified":"2020-04-10T09:03:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:03:36","slug":"wyldlife-share-new-single-automatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34011","title":{"rendered":"WYLDLIFE share new single \u2018Automatic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NYC punk\/rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band WYLDLIFE have shared <em>Automatic<\/em> the next single lifted off their upcoming fourth album \u2018Year Of The Snake\u2019. The LP will be released\u00a0on April 17\u00a0via Steven Van Zandt\u2019s Wicked Cool Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track was both inspired by\u00a0The Jesus and Mary Chain\u00a0and named after one of their albums and features harmony vocals by friend of the band Sasha Cibic, the first woman to guest on a WYLDLIFE song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singer Dave Feldman explains: \u201c<em>This song is for my friend Therese, who works for a florist and who also shares a huge love for the Jesus and Mary Chain. I also happened to work there every Valentine\u2019s Day for five years or so delivering flowers. But this one is about her love life\u2019s trials and tribulations. My close friend Sasha Cibic lent her voice on the chorus. I love them both so much.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the track via YouTube below or you can stream it by other means here:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/c\/17023?id=10808894.72181.1.9683ead4cb8a8fc095390c8bf8fbf7f4\">orcd.co\/automatic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6SVmK2YYRjI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI feel like WYLDLIFE is kind of the biggest outlier band of our time,\u201d<\/em> says Dave Feldman, lead singer of the fierce four-piece NYC Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll machine that continues its stylishly anachronistic upending of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll expectations with their fourth album and boldest artistic statement yet, \u2018Year Of The Snake\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stuffed with catchy riffs and choruses, charmingly specific lyrics and a palpable love of \u201970s punk, glam and power pop, \u2018Year Of The Snake\u2019 is the long-anticipated follow-up to WYLDLIFE\u2019s Wicked Cool debut, Out On Your Block. That 2017 release, featuring their breakthrough hit <em>Contraband<\/em>, made the upper half of the CMJ and NACC college radio charts and was hailed by Thrasher as \u201c<em>Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll that makes your heart beat faster and your fists scream.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All 11 songs on the retro-fueled new album were co-written by Feldman with guitarist Sam Allen. The two are \u201cthe Mick and Keef of the band\u201d as bassist Spencer Alexander puts it. Dave and Sam have been friends since age 11 and have been writing songs together for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Album pre-orders have launched here:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/c\/17023?id=10808894.72182.1.68352b49a1928cadc30e234ead2e4224\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/yearofthesnake<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NYC punk\/rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band WYLDLIFE have shared Automatic the next single lifted off their upcoming fourth album \u2018Year Of The Snake\u2019. 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