RONKER Release New Single 'Snuff'

‘Snuff’ is RONKER’s bleakest and most earnest track to date, delving into the loneliness that is often all-too-inevitable when you’re in the depths of substance abuse. The new track sees the Belgian noiseniks leaving the safety of their fuzz boxes and adopting a broader sonic palette, which combines the use of brass, piano and shimmering, clean guitars. Brutally honest and encapsulated in a dramatic soundscape, ‘Snuff’ incorporates both elements of melancholic indie like The National and the theatrical emotion of bands such as My Chemical Romance. ‘Snuff’ is RONKER growing up, adopting elements of classic songwriting and thriving whilst doing so.

The band elaborate on how ‘Snuff’ was crafted:

"The initial plan was to write half of the record completely sober. We mostly succeeded in that effort. Not quite. We noticed that the songs we wrote in those sober sessions had a very distinct nature compared to the more fierce banger-like songs we hammer out when we have some sort of intoxicants in our veins. Snuff is bleak and brutally honest. It details how loneliness wraps its arms around you and smothers you in nihilism. It was a very cathartic piece to record, we did it in three takes. The vocal recording is a single one-take lifted from the demo. This is the realest we have ever been."