Warpaint - "Champion" from the 2022 album Radiate Like This on Heirlooms/Virgin.

After six long years, Los Angeles quartet Warpaint are set to release a new album. Due out on May 6th, the heavily anticipated Radiate Like This follows 2016’s Heads Up. Alongside the announcement, the band shared the lead single “Champion,” which is just too good to not be our Song of the Day.

“Champion” continues Warpaint’s penchant for brooding anthems, with a slow-burning smooth groove leading the way with angelic harmonies floating amongst the thrumming beats for a haunting soundscape. The final minute builds the groove into a slightly rollicking post-rock instrumental for a cinematic ending.

“Being a champion to oneself and for others,” is the band’s description of the meaning of the song. “We are all in this together, life is too short not to strive for excellence in all that we do.”

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Warpaint - "Champion" from the 2022 album Radiate Like This on Heirlooms/Virgin.
After six long years, Los Angeles quartet Warpaint are set to release a new album. Due out on May 6th, the heavily anticipated Radiate Like This follows 2016&rsquo;s Heads Up. Alongside the announcement, the band shared the lead single &ldquo;Champion,&rdquo; which is just too good to not be our Song of the Day.
&ldquo;Champion&rdquo; continues Warpaint&rsquo;s penchant for brooding anthems, with a slow-burning smooth groove leading the way with angelic harmonies floating amongst the thrumming beats for a haunting soundscape. The final minute builds the groove into a slightly rollicking post-rock instrumental for a cinematic ending.
&ldquo;Being a champion to oneself and for others,&rdquo; is the band&rsquo;s description of the meaning of the song. &ldquo;We are all in this together, life is too short not to strive for excellence in all that we do.&rdquo;
<a href="https://kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2022/2/17/warpaint-champion/">Read the full post on KEXP.org</a>

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