Playing Those Mind Games
IN MARCH 2020, when it became clear that Volbeat (and every other artist) would be off tour for months due to the Covid outbreak, frontman Michael Poulsen started writing the follow-up to the band’s 2019 album, . As a gift preview for fans, Volbeat released two songs from the album — “Wait a Minute My Girl” and “Dagen Før” — on June 2, 2021. The former is a ramped-up slab of psychobilly that sounds like the Misfits crossed with the Cramps (replete with piano and sax solo). The latter is a passionate rock ballad with female vocals, light arpeggios and long, slow guitar hooks. Both songs were started the pandemic and were two of the first recorded for Volbeat’s eighth studio album, . The upbeat tunes were well-received; “Wait a Minute My Girl” became the band’s ninth single to top the Mainstream Rock chart.
