Nashville band Judah & The Lion broke out in 2016 with their single Take It All Back, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. After subsequent singles Suit And Jacket (2017) and Going To Mars(!) (earlier this year), they just put out two new tracks: Pep Talk and Quarter-Life Crisis.

Pep Talk is a two and a half minute long folky instrumental/chant. But confusingly, it’s the other one, the Mumford & Sons-like folk rock song Quarter-Life Crisis, that prominently features the line ‘I need a pep talk’ in its lyrics. The single questions truth in emotions, self-confidence (or lack thereof), and is a plea for help from family and friends. It contains a strong ‘yeah yeah yeah, oh’ part, that will doubtlessly do well in their live shows.

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Werner Schlosser

Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.