Starbenders share seductive new single Body Talk

Starbenders
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Starbenders have shared their moody new single Body Talk, lifted from forthcoming album Take Back The Night, which is scheduled for release on September 22 via Sumerian Records.

Driven by a chugging riff and a hard-hitting beat, frontwoman singer and guitarist Kimi Shelter purrs shadowy lyrics, soaked in attitude, with lines such as 'Hard to tell the leather from the meat / Lost boys in the clubs / Love drunk and lookin’ for blood'. 

Body Talk follows on from the previously-released single We're Not Okay, released last month.

Discussing the upcoming album, Starbenders declare in a statement: "Take Back The Night was born in the wake of the band’s most challenging obstacles to date. From life threatening necrotising bacterial pneumonia to addiction to two years of the world in limbo, it felt like the punches kept coming and coming. 

"The band made a conscious decision that they were going to practice radical acceptance and stick together no matter what. The frustration and worries we choked down on the daily were transmuted into the compositions and sounds of the new record. All the triumph over serious obstacles made the rocket fuel that propelled their most cohesive and aggressive record ever."

In October, the glam rock quartet will hit the road for a headline tour across the UK. Check out dates and listen to the single below:

Oct 09: Wolverhampton KK’s Steelmill
Oct 10: Leeds The Key Club
Oct 12: Nottingham Rock City
Oct 13: Glasgow The Cathouse
Oct 14: Manchester Satan’s Hollow
Oct 15: Southampton The Joiners
Oct 16: Bristol Thekla
Oct 18: Brighton Green Door Store
Oct 19: London Boston Music Rooms

Liz Scarlett

Liz works on keeping the Louder sites up to date with the latest news from the world of rock and metal. Prior to joining Louder as a full time staff writer, she completed a Diploma with the National Council for the Training of Journalists and received a First Class Honours Degree in Popular Music Journalism. She enjoys writing about anything from neo-glam rock to stoner, doom and progressive metal, and loves celebrating women in music.