Wednesday November 10, 2021
Walk Away is the new single for Sydney based six-piece alt-rock band Miles to Midnight (M2M), their third single release and another taster from their forthcoming album Out of Time, due out, December 3 this year.
Walk Away is a hybrid indie rock track, merging classic rock hooks with a contemplative sort of post-grunge sensibility. As founding members Josh Mason and Sam Morrell have said about the band’s contemporary hybrid style, ‘We decided that we would view the future as an opportunity to explore new musical styles and create a band that would be able to perform unique, versatile and exciting songs that can be enjoyed by all audiences, and for fans of any genre.’
The band’s genre-blending is not surprising considering their approach and background, as the band says, ‘We’re a pack of rock fans who aren’t afraid to try new things and blend different sounds and influences into something that we hope will mix rock lovers both old and new, fall in love with. We’re super hungry and ready for whatever comes our way.’
Walk Away has all the requisite features of an impressive rock record and will not disappoint rock, metal, and alt-rock fans alike—blazing riffs, surprising rhythmic elements, a strong chorus hook all fused into a wall of dynamic rock sound. But the lyric plays a large part in the song’s overall effect, as the band has said, ‘Walk Away is a light switch moment.
That moment that your perspective of the world changes, and you finally come to the realisation that all the toxicity in your life is just a waste of energy, and that you have the power to walk away from it all. However, sometimes walking away is not such an easy task, it takes a lot of strength, especially if it’s been a long time coming, or if you have a lot to lose.
That’s the struggle expressed in this song.’ Blending some of the rousing motifs of a stadium foot-stomper with the poignancy of a brooding classic, Walk Away is sure to get across the board support and attract a tonne of new followers.
