Steve Hill Announces New Single 'Devil's Handyman' From Upcoming Album 'Hanging On A String'

Produced at Studio 606 in Los Angeles last January, ‘Devil’s Handyman‘ the second single from Steve Hill’s upcoming album ‘Hanging On A String‘, is as dark and moody as can be.

Recorded live off the floor by the man called by Germany’s Guitar Magazine “the most impressive one man band on the planet“, it’s hard to believe that what you’re hearing is only one guy.

The song is about an all-too-common story in the world of rock and roll: addiction. The narrator is the dealer, talking to his clients, acting like a comforting friend at first and gradually taking control over his life. It starts with the line “Hey there buddy, good to see you again” and ends with “I’ll be there until you start to lose your soul and fall apart“.

The Video was directed by Mat Lucas and shot at Studio 606. The shooting of the performance where Steve is playing guitar and drums is the actual recording of the take that was used on the album, done on the first day of recording, January 8, 2024.

It is one of Steve Hill’s best ever performance in over 25 years as a recording artist with 13 albums to his name. It features deep blues slide guitar over a Zeppelinesque heavy groove and vocals that echo as much Howlin Wolf as James Hetfield.

The first single ‘World Gone Insane‘ has been available on all platforms since September 6 and the video can be seen below:

An impressive taste of what to expect on ‘Hanging On A String‘, available everywhere 1/1/24. Trust UK’s Fireworks Magazine when they say “This album will blow your mind!”

Track Listing:

1 Hangin on a String
2 Devil’s Handyman
3 Show Ya
4 World Gone Insane
5 Maggie
6 You Know Who
7 Turned to Dust
8 When the Music’s Over

Album Track By Track:

Hanging On A String

You don’t go for the brass ring when you’re hanging on a string. It’s hard to elevate yourself when you spend your time trying to stay alive. Each verse goes through a real story on the road where I cheated death.

Devil’s Handyman
A song about the drug epidemic from the point of view of the dealer in which he encounters a young man on the street, a Hollywood starlet on her way down and an old junkie.

Show Ya
An overview of my life from the first moment I go into music, right up to the last few years, touring in a post-pandemic world where things are not what they used to be or what I thought they would be. But still, the reason I do it is the same, for the love of the music and the love of entertaining an audience.

World Gone Insane
The big question is: Has the world gone insane or is it all in my brain? Have you ever been so disgusted by social media, alternate truss, and the lack of over meaning with the new works that you just want to disconnect, get rid of every technological tool, and go live in a cabin in the woods?

Maggie

Maggie my girl, Maggie my world, Maggie’s always been the star. Maggie, Maggie, my guitar! Just your regular dom/sub love song about a guitar.

You Know Who

It’s about our new saviour, artificial intelligence, where we won’t even have to think, just relax, and have a drink, and I won’t even have to sing. It’ll write the songs and we’ll just have to play along.

Turned To Dust
A look back on a past you shared with a lover or a version of humanity that is no longer relevant as times have changed. Trying to go ahead and move along when all that you knew and loved has turned to dust.

When The Music’s Over
The old Doors classic, still has relevant now than over 50 years ago. No matter what happens, music is there. When the music is your special friend, dance on fire as it intends. Music is your only friend until the end.