Release: Ida Mae - Click Click Domino

Ida Mae - Click Click Domino

Release date: Friday, July 16th 2021
(Vow Road/Thirty Tigers)

V2 Records
Featuring Marcus King, Jake Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet) and Ethan Johns

Following on from the release of their highly-praised EP ‘Raining For You’ last year, which garnered huge support from Spotify - they featured the release on their The Most Beautiful Songs In The World, Lost in The Woods, and Blues & Roots Rock playlists - British duo Ida Mae, who create an intense blend of dirty blues guitar and yearning keys with inseparable harmonies mixed in an indie rock cauldron, now return to announce the details behind their new studio album ‘Click Click Domino’, previewed by the record’s blistering title-track featuring Marcus King.

Following in the footsteps of acts like The Kills, The White Stripes and Hozier to name a few, the new single ‘Click Click Domino’ makes for an anthemic introduction to their next full-length. Filled with thunderous production, killer riffs, and an insatiable rhythm throughout, their newest offering sees them deliver one of their most raucous and cacophonous tracks to date. Inspired by online influences, the song looks to reflect on the false portrayals and lack of emotional connection that comes along with the paradox that is social media.

Speaking about the new cut, they said, "This was written kind of as a knee jerk song. The unfiltered noise of social media, concerns surrounding social engineering, the lack of emotional connection and physical disconnection gets to all of us. We all know how easy it is to falsify an image, be it in fashion / politics / or any aspect of your everyday and in a lot of people's lives it has become a necessity to play into it. I wanted to write the lyrics to ‘Click Click Domino’ almost as Twitter statements, counting characters, making a short sharp stream of consciousness commentary.

 “The riff was originally inspired by the playing of one of our favourite guitar players Pop Staples and it slowly morphed into something that in my mind almost echoed moments of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. It kicked up a gear when Marcus King came over and we stood side by side, soloing call and response guitar lines over the outro. The attitude of his playing was perfect.

 “As the weeks and months rolled on after recording this track at the beginning of the pandemic in Nashville, we felt ‘Click Click Domino’ should be the title of the album."

 Adding to this Marcus King says, “A warm summer Nashville evening, enjoying a whiskey beverage with my lady and two of our best friends in town, Chris & Steph of Ida Mae. I listened through the track ‘Click Click Domino’ and was immediately floored by the raw nature of the recording, the intensity and the undeniable, delightfully British rock sound I had grown up being captured. I’m honoured to have played on this track. What a powerhouse album and what a powerhouse band.”

The record was inspired by their transatlantic travels during the release of their critically-acclaimed debut album ‘Chasing Lights’. Forced by the pandemic to cut their tour short, they ended up writing and recording this album at their Nashville home while in quarantine last spring. Ever the dream team, Ida Mae's Chris Turpin took on the production, having honed his skills over the years observing Ethan Johns, T Bone Burnett, Ryan Hadlock, M Ward and more, while Stephanie Jean has crafted the art and other visuals. The album features electrifying guest appearances from Marcus King and Jake Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet on a few tracks, and drumming throughout by Ethan Johns.

For more information Stefan.Hayes@v2benelux.com