Knox is back once more with another track that bridges the gap between the start of the century now in sensational fashion.
Titled ‘Long Story Short’, it’s a song that shimmers with the sentiment of a tender moment in a teen movie released in 2003, but with plenty of modern day intent and intensity. Viciously catchy and brilliantly heartbroken, it is everything that makes Knox the storyteller and emotion merchant that they are. Readymade for every Summer breakdown for may have pencilled in, it’s another home run in a series of home runs.
They had this to say about tune, stating, ‘Long Story Short’ leans into that warm, radio-worn early 2000s rock sound. Gritty but melodic guitars, steady drums, and a vocal that sounds like it’s holding something back on purpose. It captures the quiet aftermath of a breakup where she’s already gone for good, but you refuse to unpack it, brushing it off with half-answers and silence. The chorus has a familiar, bittersweet hook while the verses feel like late-night drives, streetlights blurring past, and memories you won’t quite let yourself sit in. It’s about turning something heavy into a shrug and saying ‘long story short’ because the full version hurts too much to tell.”
Here you go:
It follows on from the ace ‘Go For Broke’, which was released earlier this year and sounds like this:
