Twelve Foot Ninja get the sparks flying with new single, 'Start The Fire'

Just when you had settled in with the realisation Twelve Foot Ninja had, after a decent 4 to 5 year delay, released a new track in ‘Long Way Home’, they’ve slammed us upside the head with another belter in follow-up single, ‘Start The Fire’.

‘Start The Fire’ kicks off in the most obscure, slightly grotesque and cool way, with the howl of a Tibetan kangling - a horn made out of a human femur. Then brace yourselves with a trip down synthwave lane, before the djenty TFN goodness kicks in. It’s catchy, eerie, and massive-sounding.

Twelve Foot Ninja’s 2016 album, ‘Outlier’ was huge in sound, and twisted in directions, and from what we’ve seen and heard so far, both ‘Long Way Home’ and ‘Start The Fire’ are an expansion of this, and we’re all here for it.

In the words of guitarist Stevic Mackay: "Start The Fire drew lyrical inspiration from Todd Phillips and Scott Silver’s portrayal of the Joker. When you start treating people according to broad prejudice, they may see little reason not to become what they’re supposedly guilty of already being. It can be a self-fulfilling prophecy."

Twelve Foot Ninja also just announced on their socials that they have big news coming in the week following this single release. We’re watching!

‘Start The Fire’ is a promising run up to their much anticipated (just announced) new album ‘VENGEANCE’ (which can be bundled with a graphic novel AND high fantasy novel for more information head to twelvefootninja.com), and is available now on all streaming platforms.