More hits are surely a Racing certainty

FEW Kiwi bands are as guaranteed to get you up and onto the dance floor as Racing – and they’re back with yet another addition to the ‘‘Bang Bang Friday’’ campaign.

The doubleA-side single Southern Lovers and Gold is the third release from Racing’s 2022 Bang Bang Friday campaign, where the boys are dishing up double releases in the lead-up to their sophomore album due for release in October.

Upon recalling the song’s early days, lead singer Ed Knowles, pictured, says: ‘‘The first time we played Southern Lovers as a band, we’d reach the end of the song – and without stopping – we’d start again from the top. A solid half-hour later, we took it as a good sign that we were on to something.’’ Made up of long-time collaborators Knowles (vocals) and Sven Pettersen (guitar) – two crucial parts of the colossus that was The Checks – and two other heavy hitters on the Kiwi alt scene, Daniel Barrett (bass) and Izaak Houston (drums), Racing burst onto the scene with their 2018 debut album Real Dancing, which included radio hits Run Wild (50 weeks in NZ’s official rock chart) and Motel Pool.