Cheap Trick has unveiled its first new original song in about three years, "Light Up the Fire."
The fierce new track plays up the band's hard rock credentials with a typically catchy power-pop chorus. You can listen to it via the player above!
While Cheap Trick hasn't released a full-length studio album since its 2017 Christmas Christmas LP (which capped a three-albums in two years stretch), the band has stayed busy creatively, with a steady stream of singles since 2018's original "Summer Looks Good on You," which was followed by a string of cover songs.
Frontman Robin Zander revealed this past fall that the band had a new album completed but was delaying the release due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Rock and Roll Hal of Famers recently inked a new record deal with BMG. Zander told AXS TV that he and his bandmates don't feel much outside pressure to continue writing new music; he says they are happy to continue to write and record "for ourselves mostly."
"It's something, I think, that is our lifeblood; it keeps us going..." Zander said. "And I believe that we still make quality records. If we didn't, we probably wouldn't do it anymore."
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