It takes some serious cojones to name your song “Hearts on Fire” when everyone knows that it’s the name of the song that played during the training montage in Rocky IV, right before he fights Ivan Drago. Well, Stallone be damned, Blacklist Royals up and did it. Sure, the Nashville greaser punks’ version of the song might not give you the same shirtless, sweaty adrenaline boost as its 1980s pump-you-up predecessor (but then again, WHAT WILL?) but it still easily holds its own. Blacklist Royals’ 1950s rock ‘n’ roll throwback sound would probably better suit a montage of you and your friends taking long drives in vintage American cars, hanging out at the pool hall, or leaning against a wall, smoking cigs. That movie sounds pretty good actually. Check out the song from their forthcoming album Die Young With Me which is out on June 10 below.
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