Another Form of Relief

Everything seems to be coming up Johnny Foreigner at the moment. Fresh off the back of supporting Los Campesinos! and Sky Larkin on their recent tour, the band have now reached the finals of the Road To V competition. Road To V allows unsigned bands to battle for a place at the V Festival later on in the year, and Johnny Foreigner have made it to the final list of 14. This means they will now play for some industry types, and as I understand it, will be appearing on a Channel 4 program about it in the future.

With all this excitement, it would be easy to forgive the band if they focused on their established songs rather than coming up with new material at the moment, but they have gone and released three entirely new songs for free download. Production values, while still not the highest, are certainly improved here on many of the past songs. None of these songs deviate from the established Johnny Foreigner formula: these songs are the musical equivalent of a mosh pit. They jump around flailing limbs in all directions, and if anyone gets in the way, it’s not their problem. There’s such wreckless abandon to these songs, it’s surprising the band doesn’t need new instruments after every gig.

MP3 Johnny Foreigner - Suicide Pact Yeh (expired)
MP3 Johnny Foreigner - Our Bipolar Friends (expired)
MP3 Johnny Foreigner - Cranes and Cranes and Cranes (expired)

Johnny Foreigner’s new single, a split 7″ with Sunset Cinema Club featuring Yes, You Talk Too Fast and each band covering the other, is either out now or will be very soon. It even comes with 3D glasses apparently.

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