New Radicals release new music for the first time in 25 years in support of Kamala Harris
nme.comNew Radicals have released new music for the first time in 25 years, in support of Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign.The Los Angeles band are best known for their 1998 hit single ‘You Get What You Give’, but famously separated just months after its release.To support Harris’ current campaign for the presidency, they’ve shared new music for the first time in a quarter of a century.
The new songs are two covers: one of Sophie Ellis-Bextor‘s ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ and one of ‘Lost Stars’ from the Begin Again soundtrack.
Both tracks were written by frontman Gregg Alexander.Check them out below: Alexander announced the new music in an open letter shared via Billboard to Harris’ husband, Dough Emhoff, who has used ‘Get What You Give’ as his walk-on music for multiple campaign events.
In the letter, Alexander offers the singles as a “musical gift” to Emhoff and the band’s fans, in an attempt to “rally the cause of democracy and encourage all artists to get out the vote.”However, Alexander is clear to state that the singles don’t mark a comeback, and instead says this is the band “doing our small part to support the fight for freedom!”“I’m writing this letter to [Emhoff] to send out an S.O.S.
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