‘Losing Man’s Game’ Is the Latest Single Taken From Everlast’s First Album in Eight Years
Embers to Ashes is set for release Friday 28 August.
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The lead-up to Everlast’s new album continues to ramp up, with the Grammy-winning artist sharing new single, ‘Losing Man’s Game’.
The track is a downtempo guitar ballad about losing it all, with Everlast commenting, “There's a freedom in being broken. Go all in or go home. Losing man’s game.”
The track is accompanied by a music video featuring Amigo the Devil, Andy Frasco and DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill). Director Ryen McPherson (Sleater Kinney, Billy Strings, Rise Against) explains: “The cinematic carnage at the end of Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria has always resonated with me. It wasn’t just the visuals, but Thom Yorke’s score. I was inspired to finally take a crack at pairing onscreen violence with a ballad, the condition being that it had to be shot beautifully.
“I found some of the most sick and talented on-screen talent I’ve worked with in my 20+ years directing music videos. This video was edited less than 24 hours after we wrapped shooting, so to say that my crew and I are excited to share it with Everlast’s fans is an understatement. Enjoy your nightmares.”
Everlast’s Embers To Ashes was produced by Yelawolf and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, with the 17-track release shaped by the last decade of the Irish-American rapper, singer and songwriter’s life in LA, which includes watching his home burn down in the 2018 Woolsey fire, the pandemic, going through a divorce and more.
In Everlast’s own words, “the album is a collection of songs that revolve around my last decade, not necessarily autobiographical but ‘inspired by’ the chaos, losses and a few wins.”
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There isn’t much that Everlast hasn’t experienced throughout his nearly 40-year career in the music business.
From getting his start as part of Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate and founding Irish hip hop act House of Pain, to winning a Grammy Award with Santana for their smash single ‘Put Your Lights On’ and releasing critically acclaimed albums, Everlast has done it all.
Embers to Ashes ushers in a new chapter for Everlast and is being touted as his most poignant release yet.
‘Losing Man’s Game’ by Everlast is out now. Listen here. Embers to Ashes is out Friday 28 August. Pre-order here.
