“A Price For My Soul” - The Bateleurs
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The Bateleurs are back, and they’ve brought a haunted slide guitar and a suitcase full of soul. Their latest single, “A Price For My Soul,” is a brooding, blues-steeped slow-burner that oozes vintage rock ‘n’ roll DNA while pushing deeper into shadowy sonic territory than ever before.
Taken from their upcoming album A Light In The Darkness (due October 1st via Spain’s Discos Macarras Records), this track is less highway anthem, more dirt-road confession. It’s the sound of a band throwing off the studio polish, lighting a single candle in the studio, and letting the music breathe, bleed, and burn.
The slide guitar is dirty and desperate, crying like it’s got something to confess. The fuzz tone is thick as bayou fog, wrapping around every riff like a voodoo spell. The vocals are gritty, soulful, walking the tightrope between pain and pride.
Arrangement? Stripped-back and unapologetic. Nothing flashy. Just truth and tone.
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It’s clear The Bateleurs are chasing feel over flash this time around. There’s space in the music. Every note counts. Every pause breathes.
“A Price For My Soul” feels like it was scribbled in a dusty motel Bible. It deals with temptation, consequence, and the choices that echo through a lifetime. It’s not just about signing a deal with the Devil—it’s about realizing you already did, and now the collector’s knocking.
It’s the kind of song where you don’t just listen to the lyrics—you taste the dust in your teeth. It’s got a timeless, mythic quality, like a forgotten blues tale passed down in whiskey bars and desert campsites.
If “A Price For My Soul” is any indication, The Bateleurs are going all in on their roots-rock revivalist instincts. But don’t expect shiny retro nostalgia. This is gritty, lived-in, haunted Americana filtered through the band’s distinctly European lens.
It’s not about imitating the blues. It’s about inviting it to move in, borrow your clothes, and rewrite your story. This new record promises to explore the light/dark duality in full force — and this single sits right in the eye of that storm.
The Bateleurs have always carried the heart of classic blues rock in their chest, but with “A Price For My Soul” they’ve shaved the sound down to its rawest nerve. There’s no filter. No fluff. Just emotion, attitude, and authenticity.
This song doesn’t try to convince you — it dares you to sit with it. Let it rumble in your gut. Let it creep into your bones.
And if it makes you feel something... maybe that’s the price.
“A Price For My Soul” is available now on all major streaming platforms
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