Smith & Myers released two new songs, a cover of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” and an original from the Shinedown duo, “Bad At Love”. Both songs can be seen below and will be featured on their just announced full-length album, Smith & Myers Volume 2, available on October 23rd. That album will be released just a few weeks after Smith & Myers Volume 1 which will come out on October 9th.
The duo said that “Bad At Love” centers around someone who’s suffered their fair share of hardships, while “Bad Guy” keeps the tracks catchy rhythm while replacing the electro beats with Myers’ guitar and Smith’s voice. Brent Smith said that “Bad at Love” was one of the very first original songs to be written for the project.
“I think ultimately the song was born from my own romantic relationships. When I love someone, I love them fully, and sometimes the passion can be too much. I always know when it’s time to move on. That being said, I am extremely grateful that I am still very good friends with the ladies I have loved, and still love, to this day.”
Zach Myers added:
“‘Bad At Love’ was one of the first original songs we wrote for this album … lyrically Brent was writing about things in his life that maybe we wouldn’t really touch on with Shinedown and I think it came out to be an incredibly naked and honest song. And I think ‘Bad Guy’ turned out very cool – it’s a nice bluesy version of the song.”
The two announced Smith & Myers Volume 1 in August, and debuted “Not Mad Enough” a over of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” at the same time. Both songs can be heard below. “Not Mad Enough” is an original from the duo that is focused on racial justice. It was written in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s death.
Both Smith & Myers Volume 1 and Smith & Myers Volume 2 will each have five original tracks and five covers that were chosen from fan-submitted songs. The other four covers included on Smith & Myers Volume 1 will be Post Malone’s “Better Now”, INXS’s “Never Tear Us Apart”, Mark Ronson, and Amy Winehouse’s “Valerie”, and The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody”.
Smith & Myers Volume 2 four other covers will be Oasis’s “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” and R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”. The track listing for both albums can be seen below.
Smith & Myers Volume 1 Track Listing:
1. Not Mad Enough
2. Rockin’ In The Free World
3. The Weight of It All
4. Better Now
5. Panic
6. Never Tear Us Apart
7. Coast To Coast
8. Valerie
9. Since You Were Mine
10. Unchained Melody
Smith & Myers Volume 2 Track Listing:
1. Bad At Love
2. Bad Guy
3. New School Shiver
4. Sledgehammer
5. GBL GBD
6. Rebel Yell
7. Like You Never Left
8. Losing My Religion
9. One More Time
10. Don’t Look Back In Anger
