NOT EXOTIC ARRIVES WITH DRIVING NEW ROCK SINGLE ‘KEEP SWINGING’
US singer-songwriter Not Exotic is back with another song lifted from his recently released, self-titled debut LP. Keep Swinging is an anthemic rocker that welds chiming guitars to propulsive drums and an emotive, yearning melodic refrain.
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“This song means a lot to me,” explains Not Exotic mainman Chad Ray Turner. “This refrain came to me while I was at a real low point; getting beat up by a lot of self-doubt and self-loathing and feeling like you’re losing. ‘Just – Keep – Swinging’ became like a mantra for me and this song came out so naturally as an expression of that whole process. To co-write it with my brother (Jason Ford Turner) and record it live with my ‘Lawrence Kansas Dreamteam Band’ of friends just completes a perfect circle for me.”
Backed up by and produced with members of emo-punk stalwarts The Get Up Kids and indie-rock royalty Spoon, Not Exotic’s debut record arrives like a mission statement for heartfelt belief in gritty rock n’ roll. It offers up 8 songs with just the right mix of scuffed-at-the-edges energy and classic rock songwriting, the emotive bones of the songs fleshed out with muscular guitar work and textured, atmospheric productions.
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