‘Take It Easy’ by Arthur Ahbez | New Album, ‘Arthur Ahbez & The Flaming Ahbez’
Exclusive track premiere of ‘Take It Easy’ by Arthur Ahbez, taken from the latest album, ‘Arthur Ahbez & The Flaming Ahbez,’ out via Sham Records.
Arthur Ahbez, a New Zealand-born songwriter, fuses 1960s musical influences with folk-rock and a laid-back, psychedelic twist. His 2013 debut ‘Gold,’ a self-recorded mix of folk and psychedelia, quickly found a global audience, with singles ‘Walk On’ and ‘The Fundamentals’ gaining radio traction and landing on American TV. In 2017, Ahbez released ‘Volume II,’ showcasing his growth with tracks like ‘Painters Portrait’ that blend British folk with 60s rock vibes. With his new band The Flaming Ahbez, Arthur’s latest record, set to release in November 2024, promises more energy, volume, and a bolder sonic exploration.
Casting a new mould, Arthur Ahbez takes another step to the side of his previous material and experiments with a cocktail of 60’s sunshine bubble-gum pop and then forces it through a box grater of psychedelic surf rock in his song ‘Take it Easy.’ An ominous opening line “Hey little girl, scratching the eyes out of the world” in typical Ahbez fashion sets up the song as an interlocutor for mitochondrial survival, singing lyrics of journalistic malpractice, teenage cruelty, and a lovers heart break before ending in a passionate yell of desire for a long night of love making.
“I wrote ‘Take it Easy’ on my Mellotron in 2018. Initially written as a solo piano piece, I demoed it to my band and Chay in a moment of brilliance conceived the perfect drum beat. Thank god I recorded it because true to Douglas fashion he totally forgot what he played when we regrouped to rehearse the following week. The majority of the recording was tracked live, and boy was it a blast to play. When Chay and I lock into a mojo it is really hard to break the spell, and as the song progresses the tempo rises along with the intensity into a wipe out style cacophony of percussive indulgence.”
This album marks a pivotal chapter in Arthur’s musical odyssey, promising to captivate audiences with its blend of lush arrangements, psychedelia, and retrograde musicianship in the undeniable chemistry of a band that has truly found its groove.
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