We are very pleased to bring you the premiere of the new single ‘Do You Feel Good’ from Atlanta duo I Am A Rocketship. The track features drumming from Kellii Scott, known as being the drummer for the band Failure and his work with other artists, including Veruca Salt, Dr. Dre, Pink, Enemy and Christina Aguilera.
Less of a question than an declamatory statement, ‘Do You Feel Good’ is laden with a swaggering attitude and a thunderous delivery augmented by a raking guitar riff. Frontwoman L E Kippner has a laconic delivery with style and power – indeed the duo have the melodies and thunder similar to Shirley Manson and Garbage.
According to the band, ‘Do You Feel Good’ is about:
… how people transform into their perceived personas – from folks wanting to dress like Instagram influencers when they travel, to politicians creating fictional back stories, this song asks if you truly feel good once you are an artificial construct.
The sound is epic and dramatic with an euphoric, anthemic chorus and a delicious taste of wry cynicism. The accompanying video mixes brutal boxing, performance pieces and close up almost claustrophobic images of people:
‘Do You Feel Good’ is out on June 13, and is available across all the digital music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. It comes off I Am A Rocketship’s new album ‘La Cruella’ which will be released on August 4.
‘La Cruella’ will be the band’s sixth major release, following their 2016 debut album ‘Mission Control’, the ‘Mind Grafitti’ album (2019), ‘Ghost Stories’ album (2020), the ‘oRAnGE’ EP (2020) and the latest long-player ‘Lies and Legends’ (2021).
According to bassist and guitarist Eric Weissenger:
We just let go on this album, and often jokingly said “well, this is going to kill any reputation we had.” It’s very pure, for want of a better term. We just wrote what we felt.
This single is a very nice taste of what is to come.
