SINGLE: “This Will Never Be On the Radio”
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“This Will Never Be On the Radio” is the latest single from soul rock singer-songwriter Buggy Jive.
It drops this month as a preview of sorts to the vibe and sonics of the forthcoming album Icarus Ascending, which is tentatively set for a Fall 2025 release.
“Radio” is a tongue-in-cheek funky folk rocker with a Bonham beat. Sonically, it’s as if Bill Withers got in an argument with Led Zeppelin; lyrically it’s a stream of consciousness meditation on the idea of resisting the business and marketing side of making music. Ahem.
Like many of the songs on the forthcoming album, the B-side to “Radio” – the acoustic pop rocker “When the Thang Ain’t Enough” – investigates similar themes of art versus commerce versus the existentialism of the current moment.
Be on the lookout for the lyric video for “This Will Never Be On the Radio,” which follows Buggy walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and reciting his inside-jokey lyrics to oblivious passersby. It was spontaneously shot in a single take on a 360-degree camera, with a gritty 1970s B-movie aesthetic added in post-production. The video includes cameo appearances by a certain Snake Man, a Freestyling "Rules" Man and yes, even Spider Man. Only in New York.
CREDITS
Guitars and keys and vox and stuff performed by Buggy Jive. All songs copyright 2025 by Bryan Paul Thomas. Drums produced by Yurt Rock. Mastered by Troy Pohl. Copyright 2025 WT3 Records and Radical Plastical Music. All Rights Reserved.
