Sweet Sour (song)

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"Sweet Sour"
Single by Band of Skulls
from the album Sweet Sour
ReleasedJanuary 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Garage rock, [1] blues rock, [2] hard rock, [2] alternative rock [3]
Length3:20
Label Electric Blues Recordings, Vagrant Records
Songwriter(s) Band of Skulls

"Sweet Sour" is a song by English rock band Band of Skulls, from their 2012 album of the same name. Written by the band and released as a single just prior to the album's release, it reached number 29 on the US Alternative Songs Chart. [4]

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Reception

In a favorable review of the album, Paste magazine's Ryan Reed described the song "head-crushing" with a "sludgey, Sabbath-esque hammer-on riff." [5]

Chris Schulz of the New Zealand Herald said that the song was passionate and energetic, playing to the band's strengths, and called it "slow-burning but blistering." [6]

In February 2012, "Sweet Sour" was chosen as the iTunes Single of the Week concurrently with the album's iTunes release. [7]

In 2012, Bands of Skulls performed the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and the Late Show with David Letterman .

In 2013, the song won an Independent Music Award for Best Rock/Hard Rock Song. [8]

Music video

A music video for "Sweet Sour" was released in early 2012. Entirely in black and white, it features a boy, who kicks a boombox at the beginning of the video and is later shown dancing, lifting weights, and boxing in a blighted urban environment.

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