Simple Creatures – Drug
Both their bands being between albums, Mark Hoppus (blink-182) andย Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low) found some down-time to start a side-project: Simple Creatures. Their debut EP is due out in March and was produced by Zakk Cervini (blink-182 and All Time Low, but Yungblud and 5 Seconds Of Summer as well).
Drug is the duoโs first single. After a short intro, it starts with a โNananaโ bit that couldโve been ripped off of Pinkโs So What. The sound and attitude of that song are echoing throughout the whole of Drug. Lyrically, itโs about being destroyed by the things you love.
Gaskarth:ย โDrug is a song about someone or something you want the most, being terrible for youโฆ Feels great until it doesnโt, but then you canโt stop. In the studio it felt immediately like it was the song that best defined Simple Creatures; itโs gritty, grimy, rooted in the musicality we both came up on, but with a twist that takes it away from anything weโve worked on before.โ
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