An unexpected turn from the punk-metal overlords, there’s a new single from Geordie troublemakers The Wildhearts, and it’s a wild ride indeed. ‘Failure Is The Mother Of Success’ is the first new track from their forthcoming tenth album ‘Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts’, which is due to be released on March 7th via Snakefarm Records.
Frontman Ginger Wildheart states, “‘Failure Is The Mother Of Success’ is about getting back on your feet after things have gone wrong. There’s an old saying, ‘fall down three times, get up four’. It’s about feeling like you’re worth getting back up for, and that making mistakes is just an essential part of life, everyone does it. At almost eight minutes long, it’s pretty brave for the record company to pick it as a single; but it’s a really good taster for the album and has everything any Wildhearts fan could want. I hope you absolutely love it!”
About the album, produced by Jim Pinder (Bring Me The Horizon, While She Sleeps, Bullet For My Valentine), Ginger says, “The songs on ‘Satanic Rites…’ were written during a period of transition, from extremely negative to positive. I realised how much control I have over my mental health, and the songs came from that understanding. There’s everything here – catchy choruses, proper fuck-off riffs, anger, frustration, acceptance and revelation, with plenty of insane detours. The album starts pessimistic and ends up like ‘Ah, so I CAN turn my life around?’ It’s a hard rock album for people who love hard rock!”
Catch The Wildhearts on tour at the following dates next March:
07th Leadmill, Sheffield
08th Junction, Cambridge
09th O2 Ritz, Manchester
11th Epic, Norwich
13th Garage, Glasgow
14th KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton
15th Rock City, Nottingham
16th 1865, Southampton
Hear the new track right here: