Blog: The Tripwire

Stripped of the Shrines, the Almighty Defenders and regular co-conspirator BBQ Show (aka Mark Sultan), "Desert Mile" finds King Khan going back to basics. However, in this case it doesn't mean a one-man, three-chord garage stomper, rather a jangly downtrodden number, fleshed out by Khan and a mysterious female backing vocalist. The two who reminisce about love lost and searching for a place to call home and at times, "Desert Mile" feels like a cover of a Lee Hazelwood-Nancy Sinatra collaboration, a nod to the classic American song. Surely Khan's country-western leanings shouldn't surprise anyone, as his understanding [...]

• King Khan - Desert Mile