- 2026-02-15
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MUSIC
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Krooked Tongue Premieres New Song “Blood Shark” on BBC Introducing
Bristol-based alt-rock band Krooked Tongue, consisting of Oli Rainsford (lead vocals/bass), Dan Smith (guitar/vocals) and Harry Pritchard (drums), premiered a new song “Blood Shark” on BBC Introducing West with James Threlfall.
The song is taken from their upcoming debut album “I Know A Place”, which is set to be released on April 24, 2026.
The band recorded the song with long-time collaborator and producer Josh Gallop at Stage 2 Studios in Bath.
Lyrically, the track shines a light on life's turbulence and unfulfillment, while sonically it rides a heady wave of guitar fuzz and vocal distortion from the opening note to the very last.
It was written by Oliver Rainsford.
The band frontman Oliver Rainsford said of the song, “'Blood Shark' is a jumper cable to the lazy and uninspired aspects of ourselves. A fat uppercut to our excuses for why we can't, or don't do the things we want to do. Everyone experiences nodus tollens at some point in their existence. Where it seems the vicissitudes of life are too turbulent to navigate. The walls are closing in and there's not a ladder in sight. But we often need change to inspire the solution, taking a step back and approaching our inescapable slump from a different angle.”- He continued, “'Blood Shark' is a plea to find a will so strong that it becomes in itself, unstoppable. The metaphor of the 'Blood Shark' encapsulates the foibles of our decisions. When it's all said and done, when we're being lowered into the ground, the 'Blood Shark waits at the bottom of your grave'. It feasts on a life left unfulfilled, reassuring you with a beguiling grin that it's OK that you didn't follow your dreams. It's a villainous reminder that there's still time to fight back and give the big fish an inedible final judgement.”
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He added, “There's a ton of lyrical nuggets throughout this tune; 'You can run and get back to the river, back until you're scaled' is a play on evolution, or devolution I suppose; the idea that we need to keep moving forward and doing new things in order to grow. And if we aren't willing to take a risk, we are perpetually moving in retrograde. The lyrics were a lot of fun to write, the track offered a chance to be playful within the parameters of such an 'aggy' sounding tune. Like, I really wanted to see if I could squeeze 'Appaloosa' into a song, and I sure as hell did. Blood Shark is taken from our upcoming debut album 'I Know A Place' which is out on April 24th. We've been dying to get this body of work out into the world and give fans something to cherish forever.” - source : Apple Music
