Chosen by Monk
My latest pick of the pops comes from those self-described purveyors of “thrash grass”, The Native Howl, who are appealing for us to have some ‘Mercy’ on this collaboration with the virtually omnipresent and seemingly indestructable Lzzy Hale.
Speaking to us about the song, the band said:
[It] was written as our original Thrash Grass anthem, and to have our vocal hero Lzzy Hale singing on it is nothing short of a dream come true!
‘Mercy’ subtly tells the story of infamous Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, and the dichotomy of dark and light between him and his disgraced politician brother William. While pulling from additional themes of organized religion and corruption, the music bed’s growth in intensity throughout attempts to paint the process of all evil and wrong-doing slowly being brought to light.