Black Straps

by Sordid Ordeal

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Black Straps is the final single to be released ahead of Sordid Ordeal's debut album.

With its giant, meandering riff and foot stomping fuzz, Black Straps is about leaving behind country nightlife and the culture shock of being thrown in the deep end of Melbourne's bar scene in the late 2000’s

At just 2 minutes and 37 seconds, it packs a hefty punch and harks back to the glory days of Aus Rock with its' influences from early AC/DC, Skyhooks and The Saints.

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Beads of sweat run down the hourglass
Time is running out from behind these prison bars
I signed regicide and I stamped it with my name
Being free is being King but I signed it anyway

And now I’m locked behind two walls and lace runs up her leg
Her dress is creeping up her thigh and up over her head

Grab the ravens like grabbing running sand
Slipping through your fingers and its raining red sedans
Her eminence supported on her heels
Six inches above the ground and coke under her nails

Crawling all across the ground in leather instead of cotton
Black strap lass and dripping in satin, the kinda girl who’d wear a black dress to a wedding

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released January 19, 2024
Written by Laurence Hewson
Performed by Sordid Ordeal
Recorded at Studio One.be by Dave Warner
Mixed by Brent Quirk
Mastered by Tony Mantz at Jack the Bear Mastering

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Sordid Ordeal Melbourne, Australia

Sordid Ordeal are an Australiana stout rock band from Naarm. They combine folkish story-telling and
ballads with blistering, mangy rock and epic anthems, welding together both the abrasive & heavy
with the gentle & intimate.

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