Faith No More are set to release their new single Superhero this month on vinyl and digital. And the band just debuted the track via YouTube.
Check it out below:
Bassist Billy Gould discussed the new track’s meaning on Marvel Comics official website: “Superhero” actually just started from the sound of the song, where it has these pounding drums and it has like this throbbing kind of pulse, and we just called it the “Superhero” song. Because, a lot of the ways we write we visualize things.
Actually this is kind of interesting because we’re probably a unique band in a way…What we do is we describe scenes together, and we can visualize the scene and the music kind of comes.
We kind of make movie scenes for movies that don’t exist. “Superhero” was one of those where it was definitely a superhero comic, I mean that was just the vibe of the song, and when Mike came to me writing words about it, we were already calling it “Superhero.” So it’s kind of like in the DNA; it’s a comic strip.”
Gould also elaborated on the band’s upcoming album ‘Sol Invictus‘ saying: “what I really hope we accomplish with this is, where it sounds like us but it doesn’t sound like we used to. It sounds like we are in 2015 and it doesn’t sound old, but at the same time also it doesn’t sound like some propelled record, it sounds like it’s actually an album. That when you hear it, you feel something that’s kind of classic. So that’s kind of what we’re shooting for.”
Gould went into more detail about the album and his love of comics, which you can read by clicking here.
So give Superhero a listen and tell us your thoughts in the comments. The track will be released on 7-inch on March 17, with a digital release to follow on March 31. Sol Invictus will be released on May 19th via Reclamation Records.