{"id":37571,"date":"2021-11-19T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37571"},"modified":"2021-11-14T08:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T13:35:23","slug":"karate-guns-tanning-unleash-fierce-new-single-white-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37571","title":{"rendered":"Karate, Guns &#038; Tanning unleash fierce new single \u2018White Nights\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karate, Guns &amp; Tanning have shared a surprise new single <em>White Nights<\/em> that follows on the heels of their ferocious, critically-acclaimed debut album\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/karategunsandtanning.fanlink.to\/ConcreteBeach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Concrete Beach<\/a>\u2019 that came out in late March. Released with a circuit-bent music video from Karate, Guns &amp; Tanning\u2019s visual collaborator, the pioneering surrealist motion-designer Andrew Knives (who created music videos for every song on\u00a0\u2018Concrete Beach\u2019). You can watch the video clip for <em>White Nights<\/em> via YouTube below or stream it <a href=\"https:\/\/karategunsandtanning.fanlink.to\/whitenights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 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\/41k5aQ0hbjk?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>Karate, Guns &amp; Tanning is an LGBTQIA-inclusive band whose sound seamlessly melds riot grrrl-influenced\u00a0shoegaze, post-punk, psychedelic dream pop and new wave in alchemical fashion.\u00a0<em>White Nights<\/em> is the first single from the bands\u2019\u00a0forthcoming sophomore album, and is an experiment in textures. Featuring big, distorted synths and hypnotic vocals, alongside contrasting tones, bends, screeches, and theremins, the song is both melodically simple, but totally chaotic.\u00a0Lyrically, the song is about the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, near the Arctic Circle. It\u2019s an eerie annual event where the sun never completely sets, but only reaches a beautiful, creepy twilight every night for months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karate, Guns &amp; Tanning have shared a surprise new single White Nights that follows on the heels of their ferocious, critically-acclaimed debut album\u00a0\u2018Concrete Beach\u2019 that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37571\" title=\"Karate, Guns &#038; Tanning unleash fierce new single \u2018White Nights\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[10597,10596,10595],"class_list":["post-37571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-andrew-knives","tag-karate-guns-tanning","tag-white-nights"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C5981A86-C55D-4D13-B1D2-EAD31CF6A9B3.jpeg?fit=667%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9LZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35801,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35801","url_meta":{"origin":37571,"position":0},"title":"Karate, Guns &#038; Tanning share new single + video \u2018Artifacts\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Experimental, riot grrrl-influenced post-punk\/shoegaze\/dreamy psych alchemists Karate, Guns & Tanning have shared their latest single and video for Artifacts. 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