Voodoo Sometimes returns with a new single to emphasize their storytelling abilities but, as usual, it’s the band’s instrumentation that steals the show. “Hummingbird’s Vice” is a gentle funky build wrapped around a handy bit of narration.

“I wrote the lyrics one day in my room about a year ago,” says Voodoo Sometimes’ singer and lead guitarist Matthew Fraser. “The opening is quite literal, I was drinking tea when a hummingbird came across my windowsill and inspired the first changes to come.

A lot of our music at the time was very fast paced and full of notes, and we really wanted something to slow the evening down. So, when I brought the first version to the band, we slowed it down a little more, added some dynamic and almost everything fell into place from there.

The first time we realized it was going to be a good song for us was in Fredericton, I think. We were playing the Grimross Brewery and throughout the song we felt like we were creating a closer and closer connection with the audience, as if we were all riding the same wave, and then it became permanent in our set up until now.

‘Hummingbird’ also opened up a new area for the band, we started exploring a lot of dynamic and rhythmic changes, and we also started focusing on storytelling/deeper meanings a lot more.”

The band explain that in writing the song they were trying to evoke classics like Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” for its soft gradual build, and The Eagles’ “Hotel California,” for a sense of deep storytelling with a touch of philosophical “hidden meaning.” What comes out is something akin to Hendrix (“Little Wing” anyone?) meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers rehashing The Sound of Music’s “My Favourite Things.”

Voodoo Sometimes say they plan to have their album finished before the end of the season, but also have a few more releases expected in the coming months, including two new music videos.

Show Dates:
01.10.20 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esogriffe*
*with Brain Flower and The OM Sound

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