“Angry” by The Rolling Stones

"Angry" came roaring out in September 2023 as the lead single from Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones' first album of new original songs in 18 years, and it sounds like a band with nothing to prove deciding to prove it anyway. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and producer Andrew Watt wrote it, and they premiered it on a livestream with Jimmy Fallon, filmed at the Hackney Empire Theatre in London.

Jagger sings lead and bangs percussion, Richards, Jagger and Ronnie Wood tangle their guitars, Richards also takes the bass, and Steve Jordan's drums snap like a whip. Watt keeps it fast and punchy, Serban Ghenea buffs the mix to a high shine, and the whole thing lands as pure hard rock, lean and loud, the old Stones strut with fresh gas in the tank.

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