RAT KING

from HUNGER by VULTURES

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Coming in on the heels of our debut video "Push" is our second single release, 'Rat King'. 'Rat King' is a much more straightforward song that puts all of its weight on the gas pedal both sonically and lyrically. In fitting with the general theme of 'HUNGER', 'Rat King' tells another story about the effects of substance abuse, this time from the first person perspective of an addict who is experiencing withdrawal between fixes. There are no subtleties in this track - it's visceral, dark and blunt.

Visually, we went with a claymation because the idea of an animated video was very provocative to us. We won't beat around the bush - this is a silly video, we know. We aren't caught up in an aesthetic or a persona as a band, and at the end of the day we want to have a good time with what we are doing, which is why we didn't think twice about it when we saw the finished product. Shout out to our homies Wallace and Grommet

lyrics

Rats like rust
Eat through me
It feels like I’m constantly rotting alive
And it pains me to see what a wreck I’ve become
Harder and harder and harder to breathe
Vultures swarm like flies to a corpse
They swarm and I fight but it only gets worse
Oh god, what’s the point
No one to love so in substance I trust
Life got the better of me
And I don’t think I’ll ever break free
From this

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from HUNGER, track released September 6, 2019
Written by: Cole Lamb, Graham Scanlon, Alex Pearce
Produced by: Tim Creviston

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