The Pretenders have shared “A Love,” the next single from their forthcoming studio album, “Relentless”. featuring exclusive footage of the legendary band’s recent live run at small U.K. clubs. Last week, the band also announced a rare U.S. headlining club tour to fill in dates in between their opening slot on Guns N’ Roses’ 2023 stadium tour. “A Love” is the third track released from “Relentles”, due September 1st, via Rhino Records. The album marks the band’s return to Warner Music Group after more than two decades having first been signed to Sire Records in America by the legendary Seymour Stein. The original album announcement coincided with the release of the first single, “Let the Sun Come In,” featuring Chrissie Hynde’s usual tough-as-nails vocal.
“I suppose ‘A Love’ is the most traditionally Pretenders-sounding song on the album,” says Hynde, “in the vein of ‘Kid’ or ‘Talk of the Town’ or any of the mid-tempo ones over the years. I often see love/relationships almost in the same vein as drug addiction. Although, having said that, I know I am jaded and cynical…”
“I enjoy seeing the various meanings and origins of a word,” says Hynde of the album’s title. “And I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity.’ So when it came to an album title, it seemed fitting. You know…to keep doing it. I think anyone in a band is constantly questioning if they should keep going. It starts as a youthful pursuit and eventually, it makes you wonder, why am I doing this? It’s the life of the artist. You never retire. You become relentless.”
“A Love”, taken from Pretenders’ brand new album ‘Relentless’.
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