Sweet Undertow, Kingdom Come With Me
Rock & Blues Muse is pleased to premiere Sweet Undertow’s new video “Kingdom Come With Me” from their debut album Skeletone Machine out September 16, 2022 via the Mother West imprint. Sweet Undertow is one of San Francisco’s premiere blues/funk bands.
The song is an edgy, tough-shuffling blues/rocker full of big vocals and strong guitar work. The video is a sepia-toned western affair directed by Anthony Sabino that adds much drama and excitement to the tune and is focused on lead singer and guitarist Eddy Undertow’s strong on-camera presence. He’s a lifetime roustabout with a travel diary full of stories to tell and the musical skills to light up any house in the world. His black-hatted rock and roll cowboy style situated against the desert landscape makes for some classic visual Americana that fans will be pulled into immediately.
“Kingdom Come With Me” was tracked at the all-analog studio of producer John Vanderslice (Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhoof, Spoon) with Eddy on lead vocals and guitar getting quality support from bassist John “Big Bottom” Eckstrom, guitarist Jim Semitekol, and drummer Dave Tave. Together, they made a smart, kinetic set of original music that asks all the right questions. “It’s basically me trying to understand the world and my place in it through the lens of blues, rock, country, and Americana music,” said Eddy. “An honest reflection of the past few years of trying to coalesce all this stuff into the music.”
Watch “Kingdom Come with Me”
Sweet Undertow has definitely created a multifaceted sound that pulls as much from 90s alternative music as it does from Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Elmore James. The band puts down an honest, raw vibe fueled mostly by Eddy’s wild years and the experiences he had living as a wandering troubadour adventuring throughout Asia, Europe, and the USA. He has that x-factor that no one can teach and it shows in every note and frame of this clip.
Eddy’s goal is for you to think and dance at the same time. “I try to create moods and paint with lyrics, trying to evoke images in peoples’ minds. But also, y’know, shake their asses,” he said. “Kingdom Come To Me” achieves both quickly and will get listeners fired-up for the rest of the album. This is the song your summer has been waiting for.
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Love their unique sound!
Fabulous video. Love the guitar.