Psychedelic Montreal four-piece rock ‘n’ roll band, THE DAMN TRUTH have released their new single and accompanying music video, “Lonely.”
“The song Lonely started taking shape in our touring van as we began a cross Canada tour,”
says TDT’s lead singer, Lee-La Baum.
“Three days into that journey, our van went up in flames with our acoustic instruments, personal belongings and our hopes to continue our long-awaited tour.”
Continues Lee-la, “We put together a GoFundMe campaign so that we could rent wheels that would take us and our trailer of stage gear home. 24 hours later there was an incredible amount of money in our account. It was enough to buy a new van, clothes, and rent the gear to continue our tour. It was the beginning of our love affair with the incredible hearts and souls that make up our rock n roll community.”
“After the tour, we started recording demos for the songs that would later become Now or Nowhere. ‘Lonely’ was one of the first songs we sent to Bob Rock, but it was originally called ‘Needs Help.’ It was just an acapella vocal line because, after the van fire, which was the way we were playing it on tour. It was an ode to our fans that saved us from being lonely and stranded on the highway.”
“Bob fell in love with the song right away and told us not worry; that Tom should just try to play a guitar lick along with the vocal melody and the rest would all fall into place in the studio. That’s exactly what happened. Bob walked into the live room and said, ‘The whole song is there, just play it.’ With his masterful, skilful ear and delicate direction, within two hours the song was recorded. Done.”
“Lonely” intersects with The Damn Truth’s summer concerts in the UK, set for July. The band will play a series of headliners and also Steelhouse Festival on Saturday July 29th 2023
Chanelling the smoldering ‘n’ tensed-up inner-anguish of Janis Joplin; then allowing the excruciation caused by that van flare-up to be released, long and slow, by those loose-necked guitar notes, this amazing number is touchy, thorny, complex and elegant all at the same time!
Take a chunk of gospel blues, throw in some incredibly bold fretwork, country-blues touches, backwoods rhythms, and highly emotional Depression-era vocals that tell of a posttraumatic story and what do you get? You get something like The Detroit Cobras meet The Dead Weather at a Son House gathering. Superbrilliant!
Show tickets: https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/The-Damn-Truth.htm
Words: @neilmach 2023 ©
Photo Credit: © Will Carter
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