Melrose Avenue have continued to move into uncharted and untethered waters with their new single.
Titled ‘Bad Guy’, it finds the band flexing their metalcore-leaning muscles in some style. Brimming with sporadic synths, rollicking drums and riffs that could chatter rock, it sees the quintet taking the ante up a couple more notches once again. An unpredictable turn that also feels incredibly welcome, it’s as much a release of frustration as a sign that there is nothing Melrose Avenue won’t attempt to master.
Vocalist Vlado Saric had this to say about what the track means to him, explaining, “There’s been this shadow that’s been hanging over me for years, and ‘Bad Guy’ was finally my way of confronting it. It comes from that raw place of betrayal – when someone you trust turns on you and paints you as the villain just to lift themselves up. This song is me owning that narrative and calling it out for what it really is.”
It serves as the follow-up to ‘TASTE’, which found the band in sensual and savage waters. Here it is:
The band will be in Europe over the Summer, including a stop-off at Download Festival.
Here are all of the dates.
JUNE
08 – RUBIGEN Mühle Hunziken
10 – LEIPZIG Naumann’s
11 – HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ Rock For People Festival
12 – NICKELSDORF Nova Rock Festival
13 – DONINGTON Download Festival
14 – BRIGHTON Chalk
16 – STUTTGART Kulturquartier
17 – MILAN Legend Club
18 – NATZ Alpen Flair Festival
21 – KRAKÓW Hype Park
23 – STOCKHOLM Kollektivet Live (Broken Summer Pre-Party)
25 – HANNOVER MusikZentrum
26 – YSSELSTEYN Jera On Air Festival
27 – HELSINKI Tuska Festival
