Red Velvet Supreme is back, and they aren’t just knocking but kicking the door in. Their new single, “Hey Girl,” is the perfectly filtered exterior of manufactured plastic pop and a stark reminder of what it’s like actually to feel music again.
“Hey Girl” comes in as the band’s first release following their debut LP, and it’s not here to play nice. It’s a high-voltage affair filled with rhythmic kinks, guitar grit, and enough psychedelic swagger to light up an entire ballroom. The band recorded and self-produced the track live, an uncommon and risky move in a world obsessed with digital perfection, but Red Velvet Supreme works best on that edge. The song that winds up is a song that breathes, bleeds, and burns in rawness. From the outset, there’s an almost precarious casualness to “Hey Girl,” the sort that happens only when the pros get out of the way and let instinct take over. Make no mistake, beneath the chaos, lies tight, whip-smart musicianship. The guitars snarl in classic gold-tone fuzz and attitude, the vocals are drenched in swaggering defiance, and then there’s Doc B.
Yes, “Hey Girl” is also the explosive recording debut of Red Velvet Supreme’s new drummer, and what a debut it is. Doc B doesn’t merely keep time, he smashes it. He plays all muscle and momentum, slinging fills and groove punches with gleeful abandon. This guy isn’t just joining the band. He’s helping to reinvent its firepower.
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