Turtle Skull’s Monoliths is nothing short of ambitious – there’s a fine art to fusing bone-crushing heaviness with feather-light vocals which the band is refining to perfection.
Opening with fuzzy, thick guitars and biting snare, Why Do You Ask? is the second, energetic single from Monoliths. All the signature elements that Turtle Skull wield with grace are still at play: big riffs, catchy lyricism and hooks that keep you coming back for more – It’s undeniably catchy but still maintains a biting heaviness.
“Why Do You Ask? was one of the first tracks from this album we came up with,” begins guitarist/vocalist Dean Mcleod. “In fact it came about just after we made the first record. It kind of heralded the move in direction of what would become album 2. And when we play it live it’s often a medley with another track called Leaves. Come see us live to find out! (laughs)”
“The song is about communication breakdown,” adds drummer/vocalist Charlie Gradon. “It was actually born out of a joke jam Dean and I had, we were pretending to be a gnarly punk band singing ‘fuck you!’ As loud as we could in the middle of the suburbs – we quickly realised the energy in the riff was actually pretty good, so we stopped messing about and wrote it.“
