Los Angeles riff-slinger and sonic alchemist Micheal Fordays isn’t here to waste your time—or his. His new single, “The End Of The Beginning” (dropping February 21, 2025), is a raw, riff-heavy call wrapped in distortion and attitude. Fordays, a one-man one-man army on vocals, guitar, and bass, teams up with producer/multi-instrumentalist Dave Klein (drums, keys) to craft a track that’ll make you think and make you sweat. If you’re stuck in a rut, this song’s gonna light a fire under you.
Fordays’ growl-and-glide vocals ride shotgun over a groove that’s half desert-rock swagger, half prog-rock precision. The man’s guitar work is a masterclass in tension—jagged chords slice through Klein’s thunderous drumming, while basslines rumble like a fault line about to split. Fordays stares down the clock with the intensity of a garage-punk philosopher.
Klein’s production here is filthy perfection. His studio—a playground of “upgraded sonic elements”—becomes a character in the track, layering eerie keys beneath Fordays’ guitar spasms. The duo’s chemistry crackles; Klein’s drumming swings like a wrecking ball, while his synth textures add a cosmic unease. Fordays’ jazz-inflected soloing (a nod to his genre-hopping past) spirals wildly, proving he’s bored with “basic rock formats” but still worships at the altar of volume.
The track’s secret weapon? Improvisation. Fordays’ guitar overdubs were cooked up on the spot, giving the song a live-wire spontaneity. When he howls, it’s not just lyrics—it’s the sound of a musician shredding his own rulebook. The bridge erupts into a duel between Klein’s apocalyptic keys and Fordays’ frenetic fretwork, a chaos that somehow feels necessary.
As the lead single for Fordays’ 2025 album “The Odds Of Magic”, this track sets a high bar. It’s a manifesto from an artist who’s done looking back—Michael Fordays isn’t chasing trends; he’s igniting them. For fans of Queens of the Stone Age’s swagger or Jeff Buckley’s restless spirit, “The End Of The Beginning” is a rallying cry. Plug in, turn it up, and let the reckoning begin.