Power-punk/pop-punk maestro Kurt Baker (The Leftovers, The Kurt Baker Combo, K7s, and more) has released a new single “Inner Demons.” The song isn’t entirely new, dating back to the pandemic era, and has quite the history as Kurt explains:
“Inner Demons” was originally called “Keep Wishing” and I wanna thank my friend from Australia, Mark, for being the instigator for this track. He had asked me to start throwing around some song ideas for a possible record for his band, the Stanleys. This is one of the songs that came from that time I was stuck inside and just writing tracks. It’s changed a lot since then. It became a contender for the Rock N Roll Club LP, but never made the cut. When I came back to those tracks that had been leftover from the sessions, I started to rework “Keep Wishing” with my pals and bandmates Geoff Palmer and Wyatt Funderburk. Geoff is great with lyrics and got inspired, and he started sending me lots of different lyrical lines, and from that the song took a whole new direction. Wyatt came up with a bridge part and before we knew it, we had an another track finished. Theme-wise, this track is another introspective kind of vibe. Gotta send my inner demons back to hell… we always have those negative thoughts, but this song is about trying to let go of the negativity and gravitate towards positivity. At least, that’s what I make out of it. Musically, we are referencing bands from my youth, like the last track “Delusional”. This one definitely has hints of Green Day, Alkaline Trio or maybe even the Bouncing Souls. I hope you dig it!
You can take a listen below, and visit Bandcamp or this page for streaming links.
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