Heart Attack Man have teamed up with Waterparks vocalist Awsten Knight on a new version of “Like A Kennedy,” one of the many standouts from last year’s excellent Freak of Nature. The original is a pop-punk anthem inspired by the Kennedy assassination, and Knight’s sugar-coated voice gives this already-great song a new shine.
“‘Like A Kennedy’ is a unique song in my eyes. It’s a song I wanted to write for so long but had never gotten it completely right,” says HAM vocalist Eric Egan. “Once we nailed it as a band, it started taking shape beyond the album version. We’ve never had a vocal feature like this before, and we were beginning to wonder if that would be something we’d wanna explore.”
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“It’s important to us that features represent real-life friendships,” he continues. “Fortunately, Awsten already loved the demo version, so it was an easy ask for me. It just made sense. Plus, he brought some ideas to the song I wouldn’t have thought of, so I couldn’t be happier with the life this song has taken on.”
The song comes with a video directed by Alex Scalzo-Brown that splices together Heart Attack Man performing in present day with vintage-style, black-and-white reenactments of the Kennedy assassination era. Check it out below.
Heart Attack Man are also set to open Microwave‘s upcoming tour behind their anticipated new album Let’s Start Degeneracy (due April 26 via Pure Noise), alongside Origami Angel, and Carpool Tunnel. All dates for that tour can be found below. Microwave also just released the latest single off Let’s Start Degeneracy, “Huperzine Dreams,” yesterday.
Microwave, Origami Angel, Heart Attack Man, Carpool Tunnel 2024 tour dates5/7 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom5/9 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House5/10 – Lakewood, OH @ Roxy5/11 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall5/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity5/15 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s5/17 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre5/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex5/20 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo5/21 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom5/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades5/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall5/24 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues5/25 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren5/28 – Austin, TX @ Empire Garage5/29 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory5/31 – Nashville, TN @ The Cannery6/1 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos Southend6/2 – Louisville, KY@ Mercury Ballroom6/3 – Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs6/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel6/7 – Boston, MA @ Royale6/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall6/25 – Bowling Green, OH @ Fauxchella
