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Aside from Rivers Cuomo, musicians aren’t known for their deeply regimented approach to creating art. However, they often go into a project with goals in mind to guide their process. Milwaukee band Lost Orange Cat had a few of those at the ready before starting down the road that led them to “I’m On Fire,” the song we’re helping them premiere today.
The to-do list wasn’t too complicated:
- Make a fast-paced song …
- … that incorporates their rock sound …
- … with a little more of a country flair …
- … and a classic train backbeat.
Tap the “Listen” button at the top of the page, and you’ll hear that they went 4-for-4.
Putting the checklist to one side, what Lost Orange Cat delivers in “I’m On Fire” wouldn’t have been out of place at a raucous rockabilly show straight out of the 1950s. You’ve got your “chugga-chugga” percussion, guitars that sound like they’re being strummed within an inch of their lives and Josh Konkel’s growling, howling vocals spitting rat-a-tat lyrics about a person you just met and immediately can’t live without:
I’m feeling kinda fine a-searching where to find the treasure that I seek
It’s a cool loose lady with a bad attitude-y grooving to the beat
And she’ll steal your heart right from the start and never will release
That devilish stare, her beauty so fair, it really makes me weak
It’s a scorcher of a single we’ll play all day long on 88Nine (6:30 and 10:30 a.m.; 2:30, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.) before its official release this Saturday, Nov. 2. That night, Lost Orange Cat will celebrate the new song with a gig at Nashville North from 7 to 10 p.m.
