Far be it for Chrissie Hynde and co. to stick with an outdated business model. With the help of Shangri-La label headf Jeff Ayeroff, The Pretenders are experimenting with new promotional releases in the vein of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails. Hypebot reports that the Pretenders' new album Break the Concrete—their first album in six years—will be released piece by piece for free download on various sites as part of an "MP3 Countdown" campaign.
While it's a little disheartening to see on the best album rock bands of the 1980s conceding to the fractured single focus of this decade, the new material is still exciting nonetheless. "Boots of Chinese Plastic," the first track of the campaign at Spinner, recalls that classic Pretenders sound with a bit more of a bite. It sounds as more like a Stones track than something from mainstream 80s New Wave. It's not the catchiest track the band has ever released, but it fully displays the Pretenders' influences on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Long Blondes, and Be Your Own Pet that often get overlooked.
love the message in this song....."every dog that lives his life on a chain knows what it's like waiting for nothing" BTW you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese Plastic....CH is a very underrated songwriter.
To me the song is all about Karma.