The UK’s most hotly-tipped independent band of 2024 HotWax today release new single “One More Reason”, the third track to be taken from the band’s debut album ‘Hot Shock’ out March 7th via Marathon Artists. The motoring, bassline-driven track is accompanied by an official video directed by longtime collaborator Josh Quinton, a collaged punk catwalk featuring underground legend Princess Julia and with clothes designed and styled by Greta. HotWax will play an intimate launch party for the new single and video tomorrow at London’s The Divine, featuring special guests and highly limited, custom merch pieces inspired by the video.
“When we were at Stella’s [Mozgawa, of Warpaint] studio in Joshua Tree we were jamming together and Lola started with this bass riff, instantly Stella said ‘We have to record this’” explains singer Tallulah Sim-Savage; “We got it down as a jam idea and over the next months we wrote One More Reason. We wanted it to feel like the opening song at a festival set, we wanted it to be relentless and addictive. It’s about loving someone so much you kinda hate it, which is relentless and addictive. “
HotWax’s debut album follows the release of two critically acclaimed 2023 EPs that launched the touring Hastings trio to ever bigger stages, playing over 150 blistering live shows in the past 18 months alone including Reading + Leeds, Mad Cool, All Points East, Download, support tours with Royal Blood, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Deap Vally and more. It’s the band’s incredible stagecraft and seemingly limitless energy that caught the attention of producer Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice) at Third Man Records’ Blue Basement last summer; “It was the sweatiest gig we have ever done – it was really, really packed,” explains Tallulah “Afterwards, Catherine came up to us and said, ‘Oh my god, I need to record your album with you. I want it to sound like the energy in this room. It needs to feel like a party.’”
Photo credit – Emma Jones