‘Time Has No Mercy’ is the new single from Britain’s Ben Poole, taken from his forthcoming album Post-Midnight Behaviour, out on 25 September 2026 via Gypsy Soul Records ahead of his UK tour.
A propulsive bass line races from the outset, soon chased by a distorted guitar, and yet there’s a cool dance groove that won’t let go, even when Ben Poole‘s smooth vocals take a brief rest and a great, dirty, screw-you solo cuts loose.
“‘Time Has No Mercy’ was one of the last songs that we wrote for the album,” said Poole. “The idea was to react against what we had written to this point. We had been working up a few emotionally darker, heavier tracks and the idea with ‘Time Has No Mercy’ was to write something lighter and more upbeat.
“It’s an empowering song, rather than a brooding or melancholic thing which we had just drowned ourselves in for the previous few weeks’ worth of writing. The whole idea came from the riff which is at the very end of the song now. It’s funny how that happens sometimes. The spark for the whole song came from a tiny outro section.
“It’s a little more of a punk rock approach than I would normally take, with a lot of down strummed power chords in the choruses. I was slightly worried about drifting too far away from my style. In the end, once all was said and done, I added some lead guitar, some intertwining rhythm guitar parts and my vocals. I think the result is it still feels familiar enough to sit on the album. It’s a breath of fresh air and a light departure that follows on from the previous singles ‘No Second Chances’ and ‘Empty’.”
‘Time Has No Mercy’ is available across streaming platforms with an official lyric video, and stands as the third single from Post-Midnight Behaviour. Ben Poole‘s first album of brand-new material in eight years, following 2018’s Anytime You Need Me, it arrives on CD, vinyl and digital. You can read more about Ben Poole, his new album and UK tour at RAMzine.
