{"id":13540,"date":"2020-10-03T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2020-10-02T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:01:10","slug":"tuk-smith-the-restless-hearts-new-song-and-video-same-old-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13540","title":{"rendered":"TUK SMITH &#038; THE RESTLESS HEARTS  &#8211; NEW SONG AND VIDEO  \u201cSAME OLD YOU\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 2, 2020<\/strong><strong>(Atlanta, GA)<\/strong>&#8211; Better Noise Music rockers,\u00a0<strong>Tuk Smith &amp; The Restless Hearts<\/strong>release their new single and music video \u201cSame Old You\u201d. The song, produced by the legendary\u00a0<strong>Rob Cavallo\u00a0<\/strong>(Green Day, My Chemical Romance) and co-written with Atlanta-based writer\/producer\u00a0<strong>Butch Walker<\/strong>(Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Pink, Taylor Swift) is a fun and upbeat rock and roll song with infectious melodies and artful musicianship, with lyrics about a relationship gone wrong. \u201cSame Old You\u201d begins a new chapter in the career of Tuk Smith who spent nine years as the frontman for Atlanta mainstays,\u00a0BITERS. The music video showcases Tuk performing with his new band with great lighting and a cool rock vibe that amplifies the lyrics of the song.<\/p>\n<p>Tuk says,\u00a0<em>\u201cThis is definitely one of my favorite songs on the record as it\u2019s one of those recurring themes about a relationship I observed, I was kinda from the outside looking in. It struck me that people beg for second changes, and they say \u2018I\u2019m gonna change I swear I\u2019ll be different this time, take me back, don\u2019t fire me, I\u2019ll do this..\u2019 and a lot of the time they\u2019re just bullshitting, and they turn around and are the same person. It takes a lot for somebody to change and they gotta want to do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWRTWsKna4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tuk continues, \u201cI just kept seeing the person giving somebody more chances than they deserve with promises about how things will change this time.\u00a0\u00a0Of course that never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song was co-written with Butch Walker. Tuk says of the experience, \u201cIt was really cool to write with\u00a0<strong>Butch Walker<\/strong>, something I\u2019ve always wanted to do. In Atlanta, he is a hometown hero and a really big inspiration to me so to be able to write with him was really special. I\u2019m super stoked the song turned out so good. You never know what\u2019s gonna happen, we had really good chemistry and it was a lot of fun&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Tuk\u2019s musical roots run deep. Growing up as an outsider in rural Georgia, he found solace in hardcore\/punk acts like Black Flag and The Exploited. From there, Smith branched out into exploring seventies New York bands like The Dead Boys and New York Dolls, which lead him across the sea where he embraced first-wave British acts like The Buzzcocks and the Clash. Smith wasn\u2019t just a casual fan of these acts, he was obsessed with them and traced their lineage with fervent dedication. \u201cI was always into the Clash growing up and Mick Jones\u2019 favorite band was Mott The Hoople, so through the years I ended up developing a love of the first wave of british glam, power pop and things like that,\u201d he explains. Soon Smith was forming his own acts, toured relentlessly and building a DIY following with his high-energy live shows.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13541 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1.png 384w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mail-1-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a>&#8216;Looking for Love, Ready for War&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>is an album that has been a long time in the making and due to be released in 2021. It is the culmination of Smith\u2019s already impressive career in music and showcases the versatility of his songwriting. His love of rock, punk, and glam come together into a unique amalgam that is at once fresh and new and also harkens back to music that is missing from today\u2019s musical landscape. In many ways, it\u2019s a musical homecoming for Smith that shows that though he\u2019s covered with battle scars from perfecting his craft, he\u2019s come out on the other side with an amazing collection of songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2, 2020(Atlanta, GA)&#8211; Better Noise Music rockers,\u00a0Tuk Smith &amp; The Restless Heartsrelease their new single and music video \u201cSame Old You\u201d. 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