At the very end of 2024 we saw the release of Howling Hawk's brand new tune, "Napoleon Road", and to say that the London band saved their best to the end may be an understatement. The song follows swiftly on from their debut single, "Ramona", and sounds like the outfit are bursting into 2025 with plenty to shout about.
The experience we had listening here was surreal as it sounds like a band who's at the peak of their career, not at the start.
There's serious warmth in the intro, and as the warm embrace welcomes you into the song you soon realise that this is quite the sleeping-giant rock anthem. The experience we had listening here was surreal as it sounds like a band who's at the peak of their career, not at the start.
The song combines infectious guitar riffs jangly percussion and sing-along-worthy tones that'll linger well past the track ending. Listening to this in a very cold European country while on a break from reality is very apt, this is going right into my moody indie playlist!