BLOOD MONEY & GEMINI I PRESS KIT

THEHERO RELEASES THE NEW SINGLE: “BLOOD MONEY” TEASING THE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT EP: “GEMINI I” WHICH FOLLOWS WEEKS LATER - CONTAINING PREVIOUS ROCK-CENTRIC SINGLES:

“BLACK HEART WOMAN” & “LET YOUR LOVER GO”

BLOOD MONEY IS A THUMPING ROCK OPUS DRENCHED IN TEENAGE ANGST THAT TAKES AIM AT CURRENT

LIFE-DRAINING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. WRITTEN DURING THE TURBULENT UNREST OF LOCKDOWN, THE SONG FORGES FILTHY ROCK RIFFS WITH A KILLER BEAT TO PROVIDE THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO THEHERO IN RAW BLOOD-PUMPING FASHION.

THEHERO AKA OLI LAW SAYS: “BLOOD MONEY FELT LIKE A SONG THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT FELT GOOD TO WRITE LYRICS THAT DRESSED AN UNBALANCED SOCIETY IN MEDICAL URGENCY AND LET LOOSE IN THE GUISE OF A REPRESSED INTROVERTED BEING. SAM THE DRUMMER WHO WORKED ON THE EP SUMMED IT UP AS A SONG ABOUT THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS AND ALTHOUGH I NEVER REALLY AIM TO WRITE POLITICALLY, I CAN SEE HOW HE WOULD MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND IT’S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE INTERPRETING THEIR OWN DEEPER MEANINGS ABOUT IT.”

“GEMINI I” CONTAINS THE FIRST SET OF SONGS WRITTEN & RECORDED BY THEHERO

I.                GEMINI

II.               BLOOD MONEY

III.             BLACK HEART WOMAN

IV.             HIGH HORSE

V.              LET YOUR LOVER GO

VI.             SHALLOW WATERS

VII.            IDONTWANNALOVEYOUANYMORE

ADDITIONAL TRACK INFORMATION

GEMINI

THE OPENING TRACK REPRESENTS THEHERO’s MAIN INFLUENCE LAID BARE. GEMINI ESTABLISHES THE HARMONIC GUITAR AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MUSIC – PAYING HOMAGE TO DR. BRIAN MAY IN A GRAND EPIC THEATRICAL MANOR. ORIGINALLY RECORDED AS A MIXING EXPERIMENT, THE INSTRUMENTAL ONCE TITLED ‘ANGELS/DEMONS’ BECAME THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION FOR THEHERO AND THE EP ITSELF.

BLACK HEART WOMAN

THE RIFF DRIVEN DEBUT TRACK ABOUT THE WARNINGS OF A DARK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EPONYMOUS BLACK HEART WOMAN WHO SLOWY CORRUPTS THOSE WHO FALL UNDER HER SPELL. I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS SONG WHEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR MY FIRST BAND BEFORE ISOLATION HELPED TO DEVELOP MY CONFIDENCE SO THAT I COULD SING THE TRACK MY WAY, THUS CREATING THEHERO.

HIGH HORSE

A TRIBAL DISPLAY OF GALLOPING DRUMS WITH PLAYFUL GUITAR LICKS FUELLING A SARCASTIC RETORT THAT BEGS THE SUBJECT TO GET OFF OF THEIR PATRONISING BEHIND. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK ISN’T AIMED AT ANYONE (THAT CAN BE NAMED), THE SONG WAS RECORED BECAUSE IT’S THE MOST FUN TO PLAY AND ONE OF THE FIRST TRACKS WRITTEN.

LET YOUR LOVER GO

A TWISTED LOVE SONG FROM A FICITONAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE INNER MONOLOUGE OF LIKING SOMEONE WHO’S ALREADY IN A RELATIONSHIP. I WANTED TO EXPLORE THE STUPIDITY OF OVERCOFIDENCE AS AN ENEMY TO INTROVERTED PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT COMES ACROSS WELL THROUGH THE LYRICS. ELEMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL DEMO WERE ALSO USED IN THE FINAL RECORDING.

SHALLOW WATERS

CONTINUING THE TREND OF OVERCONFIDENCE, SHALLOW WATERS PROCLAIMS THE MODERN EGOS DEPENDENCE ON ALCOHOL TO FORM HUMAN CONNECTION, HILIGHTING THE FACT THAT WHILE INTOXICATED – YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE REAL YOU. THE SONG HAS BEEN THROUGH MANY FORMS AND RECORDING SESSIONS BEFORE FINALLY LANDING ON THE EP AS THE FINAL COMPLETED VERSION.

IDONTWANNALOVEYOUANYMORE

REPRESENTING THE BROADER SONIC RANGE OF THEHERO, THE SONG INTENTIONALLY DEVIATES FROM THE EXPECTED GUITAR AND DRUMS WITH A SOFTER, SOMBRE PIANO BASED BALLAD THAT WAS BOTH INSPIRED BY AND WRITTEN FOR GLOBAL SENSATION:BILLIE EILLISHTO SING. ENDING ON A MELANCHOLIC FOREBODING NOTE THAT EVEN WHEN THE LOVE STORY ENDS, LIFE MOVES ON.

Cover Art by Oli Law