The track is the first taste of an upcoming collection of tracks titled Early Days, featuring tracks written between 2008 and 2010
The first song written by frontman David Holding in 2006 back when he was just 16, Last Relapse‘s latest single ‘Throw Away the Key’ is a raw and hard-hitting new release that now takes on a new life as the track that laid the foundation for the whole project, serving as a landmark release that bridges the band’s beginnings to now in resonating fashion.
Stylistically, the track has a really energetic and driving feel to it, anchored by its immersive guitars and the rawness and authenticity that seeps through every facet of the sound despite its polished presentation. That youthful, carefree charm that alternative bands earlier work tends to have manages to shine through all of these years later, and it makes for a rousing and resonating release that manages to feel nostalgic while having a more modern edge to it, giving it the life it never had.
“‘Throw Away the Key’ was the first song I ever wrote,” says David. “I never imagined it would wait this long to be heard. Releasing it now lets it belong to the present instead of only being part of the past.”
