Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Joanne Shaw Taylor Asks “What Are You Gonna Do Now?”

Joanne Shaw Taylor continues an electrifying rollout for her forthcoming album Black & Gold with the release of powerful new single,What Are You Gonna Do Now? via Journeyman Records. A song born from personal experience finds the singer/guitarist at her most fearless and unfiltered, turning past pain into a searing blues rock anthem of defiance and closure.

“I was unfortunate enough some years ago to have a brief relationship with a terrible narcissist,” Joanne revealed. “I’ve never really spoken much about it and certainly never addressed it in my music. For anyone who’s ever been in that position, you’ll understand how damaging that kind of mental abuse can be. I think I’ve never been brave enough to write about them before as I was genuinely scared of them. I’m not now – Screw them. If you don’t want someone to write a song about you being a terrible person, don’t be a terrible person.”

Driven by a relentless groove and razor-sharp lyricism, “What Are You Gonna Do Now?” tears through deception and manipulation with unshakable confidence. Taylor’s commanding vocals cut through the mix as she sings, “Here you come again, with a story to spin. I just woke up screaming from a nightmare you had me believing.” An unmistakable declaration that she’s taken back control.

‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ is available here while you can check out the video here at RAMzine.

Swift chopping guitars swing through ‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ with power chords coming in redemptively on the hook line chant-mantra questioning of a chorus in a song that gives weight to soul and rock stylings in equal measure.

Set for release on 6th June, Black & Gold is said to blend the grit of classic blues-rock with modern influences, spanning soulful Americana to high-voltage indie-rock.

Tracks featured are ‘Hold Of My Heart’, ‘All The Things I Said’, ‘Black & Gold’, ‘Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?’, ‘I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down’, ‘Summer Love’, ‘Grayer  Shade Of Blue’, ‘Hell Of A Good Time’, ‘Look What I’ve Become’, ‘What Are You Gonna Do Now?’ and ‘Love Lives Here’.

Paul H Birch
Paul H Birch
RAMzine Senior Writer - Writer of fiction, faction and fact, has edited several newsstand magazines. He declares himself a hack for hire but refuses to compromise on the subject of music.

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