Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2009
Set Fire to the Hive
Buy Set Fire to the Hive now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Set Fire To The Hive
| cover = Set Fire to the Hive.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Karnivool
| album = Sound Awake
| released = 28 April 2009
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Alternative metal, progressive rock
| length = 4:29
| label = Cymatic/Sony Music
| writer = I. Kenny, M. Hosking, A. Goddard, J. Stockman, S. Judd
| producer = Forrester Savell
| prev_title = Themata
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = All I Know
| next_year = 2010
| misc =
}}
"'Set Fire To The Hive'" is a song by the Australian progressive rock band Karnivool, released in April 2009 as the lead single from their second studio album, 'Sound Awake'.
Background
The song was debuted live at the Aeons Tour in 2008, was confirmed to be the first single on the band's MySpace and was released on 28 April 2009. The earlier-confirmed music video was released on 8 May 2009 and has received significant airplay on both Channel V and radio station Triple J.
The song peaked at #11 on the AIR Top 20 singles charts.
The song, musically, is substantially different from Karnivool's previous work. The song has been described as the 'black sheep' of the album, with guitarist, Drew Goddard acknowledging as much.
In an interview bassist Jon Stockman describes the song as being
Music video
The music video for the song was released on YouTube on 8 May 2009 eleven days after the song's release on the band's MySpace profile. It is Karnivool's fourth official video, after (2005), (2005), and (2003).
The music video features the band playing in what appears to be a cube. To match with the first line, "'I don't know what's wrong, but I'm on fire'", Ian Kenny's arm is on fire. With the first lyrics of the verse, "'We're slaves, in this medicated cage'", A bird cage appears on Ian Kenny's head.
Track listings
Digital single
# "Set Fire To The Hive" (I. Kenny, M. Hosking, A. Goddard, J. Stockman, S. Judd) - 4:29EP
# "Set Fire to the Hive" - 4:26# "Themata" - 5:46
# "Roquefort" (with Empire Horns) - 4:48
# "Deadman" (Live at The Forum) - 10:37
References
Category:Karnivool songs
Category:2009 songs
Buy Set Fire to the Hive now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 2009