Sick Puppies Are Back With Sick New Single

Something akin to an impassioned whisper greets us as Sick Puppies lay into the devastating riff-rock of their latest single, “Ready, Steady, Go,” but the statement that the acclaimed Australian alternative band is trying to get across to their listeners in this brand new track is anything but muted.

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With brutish guitars, a rigid bassline, and drums that crash down on us from the heavens above, this version of Paul Oakenfold’s “Ready, Steady, Go” has all the stylings of a classic heavy metal stadium-shaker, but beneath the blustery cosmetics and angst-ridden finish there lies a rallying cry to get us in front of a TV screen for the impending NHL season on ESPN. Sick Puppies have never been one to shy away from dynamic physicality when it comes to making new music, but in this cover, they pull out all of the stops to demonstrate the most muscular sonic front that they’ve ever recorded.

Both the track and the raw composition on its own are sterling additions to the band’s collective body of work, and as far as I’m concerned, required listening for legit metal fans everywhere this season. This isn’t a group that needs a lot of bells and whistles to look the part of a modern rock god collective, but they’re certainly shining their brightest in this single and the source material that inspired their decision to cover it.

The main melody for “Ready, Steady, Go” provides us with more of an emotive context to the lyrics than we would have had without its Hollywood-quality stylization and ear-catching, blood-red distress signals. At its most fundamental, this is a single that espouses all the virtues of rebellion with a purpose – instrumentally, it contains a litany of experimental facets that go against the grain of contemporary alternative rock altogether whilst rejecting mainstream metal standards at the same time; lyrically, its enigmatic verses create a powerhouse environment that could make anyone feel like an eager sports fan.

There’s not a doubt in my mind whether or not Sick Puppies were being genuine in their emissions – both lyrical and instrumental – in this song, which isn’t all that easy to do in a cover; there is just too much energy, and frankly, too much heart in every element of their performance in “Ready, Steady, Go” for me to think any differently.

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If you love heavy music with a fun core, “Ready, Steady, Go” is a must-listen this month. I’ve been keeping up with this band since the beginning, and I’ve got to say that they’re starting to come into their own for the second time in a career right now. They’ve expanded upon the blueprint that we first heard years ago, and if they continue to make progress at the same rate that they have in the last half-decade alone, then I’ve got a feeling that we’re going to be hearing a lot more of their music on the mainstream side of the dial come 2023.

They’re sticking to their guns while embracing the experimental components within their sound via this cover, and if there’s anything we can learn from their genre’s greatest legends, it’s that you’ve got to do both to stay relevant in this game.

Samuel Pratt