Candlebox Releases New Single 'What Do You Need' Ft. Mona

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Candlebox Releases New Single ‘What Do You Need’ Ft. Mona

The multi-platinum selling Seattle rock band Candlebox has released a new single “What Do You Need” featuring Mona from their forthcoming final album The Long Goodbye due out August 25th via Roundhill Records. The new track, co-written by Nick Brown of the alt-rock band Mona, is a slice of nasty blues/rock that will rock your ears.

With a gritty riff, “What Do You Need” is a biting kiss off with sneering vocals by frontman Kevin Martin and a kickass band. Heavy rock with stomping drums, the blazing riffs hit as hard as the lyrics. The new single slams hard with hooks that demand a listen.

“‘What Do You Need’ was a blast to record,” shares front man and songwriter Kevin Martin. “Working with Nick Brown from Mona on the lyrics was an incredible experience. There is so much life in this song; I love how trashy and stomping this song is. It has all the best of Candlebox in it and Don Miggs’ production on this track is absolutely perfect and gives it everything it was looking for. I love this song!”

“What Do You Need” featuring Mona

Stream “What Do You Need” HERE

Candlebox’s eight studio album The Long Goodbye also features the hard-hitting lead single “Punks.” Listen HERE

Celebrating 30 years of success, Candlebox, whose power anthems “Far Behind,” “You” and “Cover Me” off their 1993 debut, self-titled album exploded onto the charts, is capping off their long and influential career with The Long Goodbye. The new 10-track collection, produced by Don Miggs, finds the group taking stock of evolving maturity, fleeting time, and lasting love, all while kicking a lot of ass.

Candlebox is Kevin Martin (lead vocals), Adam Kury (bass), Brian Quinn (guitar), Island Styles (guitar), BJ Kerwin (drums) – is currently in the middle of their farewell tour, crossing the country until early fall with fellow rockers 3 Doors Down as direct support on their massive Away From The Sun amphitheater tour in addition to various headlining shows. The Long Goodbye Tour continues tonight (August 16) in Orange Beach, AL before stopping in Nashville and Atlanta this weekend on Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19, respectively. See below for full list of upcoming tour dates. Visit HERE for all details and to purchase tickets.

In 1998, Candlebox released Happy Pills, which would be their last album before going on hiatus from 2000 to 2006. In 2008, the band reformed and released their fourth album, Into The Sun, and hit the road for the first time in 10 years, touring extensively and releasing Alive In Seattle, a live album that included tracks from every era of their career. 2016 marked the triumphant return of Candlebox with the release of Disappearing In Airports, a more classic rock-tinged album hailed by many critics and fans as their best work in years. Singles “Vexatious” and “Supernova” drove the album to debut at #9 on the Billboard Charts and spurred multiple U.S. and international tours including major festival appearances at Carolina Rebellion, Welcome To Rockville, and Lollapalooza Chile. While these iconic rockers have been blazing full-steam since, releasing their album, Wolves, in 2021, and recently issuing a live, acoustic album, Live at The Neptune, Kevin and Candlebox are calling it quits in 2023, but they’re not going quietly.

In addition to the release of The Long Goodbye, Rhino will spotlight Candlebox’s early years with a 7-LP vinyl boxed set, The Maverick Years, due out September 22nd, featuring newly remastered versions of all three studio albums released on Maverick (Candlebox, Lucy, and Happy Pills) as double LPs, plus a single album with more than a dozen previously unreleased recordings only available in the collection.