Banks & Steelz -a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and Interpol’s Paul Banks – have released “Speedway Sonora,” the third song from their forthcoming album Anything But Words.
RZA explains that the song is the perfect soundtrack for a lonely ride down the Pacific Coast Highway in California. “Try to get a no-traffic hour,” he said. “Take it all the way to Malibu, and just keep that song on repeat, and you will really appreciate your day.”
He also confirms that the lyrics and energy were influenced by Zack de la Rocha and Rage Against the Machine.
“I will say that’s the only song to me that reminds me of early Rage Against the Machine, and when I toured with Rage, Method Man introduced me to their music, and I fell in love with their whole style,” he reveals. “And I think that that’s the only song on this record that you could potentially say has any kind of rock/rap influence, and that’s because at that time when I was doing my lyrics, I kind of invoked the idea of my boy Zack.”
Anything But Words will be released on August 28 and features appearances by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Masta Killa.
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