Kevin Morby shared the video for his single, “OMG Rock n Roll.” The track appears on the singer-songwriter’s upcoming double album, Oh My God, coming out April 26 via Dead Oceans
The lyrics from Morby’s 2016 single “Beautiful Strangers” served as the inspiration for the title of Oh My God, and can be heard within “OMG Rock n Roll.” Morby shared the following regarding the new song:
It’s meant to be playful, despite the morbid subject matter, and sing sonic praise to rock n roll as a religious experience. More than anything – it’s [a song] about gun violence in America. Sutherland Springs, Vegas, Parkland … the list gets longer each year, filled with more cities, more innocent victims and yet nothing’s fundamentally changed. It’s a sad, scary and ultimately incredibly frustrating affair. We’ve all made peace with the fact that every time we leave the house we could be senselessly murdered at the hands of someone who should never have been given that power. The song is meant to mirror a public tragedy with its hard pan to the choir almost two minutes in. It’s rolling along, living it’s best life, when suddenly, with a gasp, reality has been turned upside down and all there’s left to do is pray to god you don’t die.
Watch the “OMG Rock n Roll” video Directed by Christopher Good below:
