Opening with static bass, drum machine and REBEL YELL’s distinct mechanical vocals, ‘Kombat’ is a call for authenticity. REBEL YELL questions the headspace of a self-saboteur before suggesting they “feel the rhythm, the beat that is inside” and embrace vulnerability and freeness.

REBEL YELL shares, “Too often (women in particular) are taken for a ride by the self sabotaging recipient of their kindness or love. My plea is to not deprive ourselves of what we want, what we love or what we deserve. We all have pasts, bad traits and mistakes, but if you feel for someone who feels for you, why not work on being a better person while with this other person, rather than shutting yourself off to the possibility of happiness and love?”

Accompanying the track is a video clip created by REBEL YELL in the small coastal town of Eumundi in collaboration with Zac Mergard. A visual interpretation of the track, the clip depicts the fun and freedom of losing yourself in nature with dear friends, scenes of friends dressed as witches dancing around a giant bonfire interspersed with clips of REBEL YELL dancing alone at an abandoned theme park.

DESOLATION:

1. The Hell We Chose
2. Destiny 11:11 with California Girls
3. Kombat
4. TNT with Black Dahlia
5. Reprise
6. The Heat with Cong Josie
7. Protect
8. Shadow with Tralala Blip
9. Rain on Me with Tired Girl

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With clattering percussion, skulking bass, and distorted arpeggiated synths, the booming and vicious cut explores themes of power, exploitation, and liberation, taking inspiration from action-adventure monster film, King Kong.

REBEL YELL and Black Dahlia’s commanding chants drive the song like a drill sergeant, the duo lifting each other up as they proclaim “I’m living for free/I’m living for me/Can’t keep the reign on Kong/Ignite”.

The duo share, “REBEL YELL and Black Dahlia, like Kong, rarely attack unless provoked. After detonation, we show great degrees of strength in our battles to fight for our rights, and our life.”

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