Keeping Some Dark Secrets

Surprisingly, given our typical microscopic coverage of all things Johnny Foreigner, we don’t think we’ve yet reported that the Birmingham, England-based trio will release “Our Bipolar Friends” as a single March 5. DrownedInSound notes the release in this interview with fronter and guitarist Alexei Foreigner. We imagine that the single will be available in the UK only, but we’re hoping that it will be carried, albeit digitally, via EMusic. Not that we won’t buy a hard copy of the import, of course. We’re curious as to what the b-sides to the single will be; as of yet there is no info at Index7, the amazing site that tracks the release of singles in the UK. Anyway, we first wrote about the track here back in April, and we still think it is among the best songs Johnny Foreigner has written. For one thing, it’s got some of Alexei’s finest shoutable lyrics, such as “she said it’s written in the stars but I don’t look at the stars anymore.” We can’t be certain the version the band was giving away last April isn’t the same one that is to be released in March, so we won’t repost it again here. What we will post, however, is the demo version of “Champagne Girls We Used To Know,” which we’ve decided is superior to the commercially available version. It is just intensely frenetic, more overdriven, more lacerated with feedback. Enjoy it.

Johnny Foreigner — “Champagne Girls We Used To Know (Demo)” — I Like You Mostly Late At Never demos
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