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Tuk Smith & the Restless Hearts – share new live video from debut show in Japan

TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS have delivered a special festive gift for fans, sharing a brand new live video for fan favourite track “Take The Long Way,” filmed on September 29th on their recent debut visit to Japan, which included 2 shows in Tokyo.

Frontman Tuk Smith comments, “This was the first time I’d ever played in Japan and it was such a great welcome – I felt like the fans over there immediately really seemed to get what I’m doing. Arigato! This was filmed at Club Quattro in Tokyo.”

When the original track, included on latest album Rogue To Redemption, was first shared, Tuk explained its origins, saying “I go through these manic-type episodes for a few weeks at a time and at the end of it all I usually come out exhausted and dragging 3 or 4 new songs behind me. Take The Long Way was one of those songs, conceived while I was in an elevated state and it basically wrote itself in real time. To be visited by ‘the Muse’ is something truly magical. This song is about as personal as it gets. Though in today’s culture of ‘fill-in-the-blank’ style lyric-writing, I think the more personal the better. Finding inspiration from dusting yourself off? I think that’s something everyone can relate to.”

Rogue To Redemption track listing:
1.Take The Long Way
2.Glorybound
3.End Of An Era
4.Still A Dreamer
5.Little Renegade
6.Blood On The Stage
7.Lost Boy
8.Down The Road
9.Rogue To Redemption
10.When The Party’s Over

Rogue To Redemption is available now on CD, vinyl (including two limited colour variants – silver or purple), digitally, and as part of a number of merch bundles. Order digitally here or for physical options, here.

Ian Mc Donnell

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