Under The Gun premieres “Freedom Song,” described as “an
anthem that’s saying something ...else.”
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Faris McReynolds of One Finger Riot as
photographed by Max Chapman Sweeney
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Check out “Freedom Song,” the latest
single by One Finger Riot
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“Like Air? Yah, me too. Cool. So you'll
probably love One Finger Riot’s ‘Freedom Song’” – MTV Buzzworthy
Los Angeles-based visual artist Faris McReynolds (see here
for some of his gallery work) is also a prolific songwriter and musician,
touring in a punk band in his mid-teens and releasing a total of four albums in
2012; two under his One Finger Riot
moniker, and two as ExDetectives
(the latter was the subject of a profile
by Performer Magazine in early
2013.) Recently, McReynolds decided to focus his musical energies on One Finger Riot exclusively.
“ExDetectives
was originally a four-piece band that I started in 2007 and disbanded in 2011,”
McReynolds explains. “The songs on Take
My Forever (released in early 2012) were written to be played live by
the band, and Farthest Star (released late 2012) was made up of songs the
band never learned.”
McReynolds recorded these songs posthumously just to clear the
decks, but admits that “it was always an old way of working.” He says, “I started One Finger Riot in 2009 as a solo project, just me being me, and
working however I wanted. As I started work on the third One Finger Riot record, I didn't know which songs should be used
for which project.”
Faced with putting limits on new ideas to make form
fit function, McReynolds decided to
end the ExDetectives project, or
face redundancy, explaining that “The me of now just sounds like both put together.”
McReynolds is celebrating this consolidation by offering up a
brand-new One Finger Riot song, the
aptly titled “Freedom Song,” for
free download. The track has premiered
exclusively via Under
The Gun and is also available
now from Diffuser.fm.
“The lyrics are about letting go of expectations,” McReynolds says of the tune. “I always
loved the title of Dinosaur, Jr.’s ‘Whatever's Cool With Me’ because it
wasn’t really clear what the statement really was. I really like the idea of an
anthem that’s saying something... else.”
Faris McReynolds is available for interviews. Contact
Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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