Switching their strategy as a band, Bangkok-based rock outfit Billy The Mountain have released their first new single on www.tunecore.com, www.noisehead.com and in a series of singles to be launched over the next 8-12 months, band manager Tom Gray told Jungle reporters at the April 25th Nashville press launch of the new single Wild Water. He said the series of singles will be launched under the umbrella of a working album title Born On Mars. The single will debut on in July, he said.

“The band’s last album Drifting To Valhalla did well across the net especially on but the single song Mem Will Dance outsold all the other tracks by a margin of five or six times. And when you think about it, fans often fall in love with just one or two songs so we’re working to give the widest cross section of BTM fans at least one song to like well enough and buy. And once we’ve got the best selling singles qualified and compiled, we can compile them on an album of Greatest Hits called Born On Mars for everyone else to buy – just in time for Christmas!”

Gray said the feedback on the new song Wild Water from US radio stations, European producer forums, private showcases and industry pundits has been “phenomenal”.

“It’s a moving anti-war song inspired by the kids who went to ‘fight’ in Iraq for a government bounty and never came back.” The single will debut on in July

“Nicolai’s (Kehlet) production and arrangement is once again totally state of the art and his guitar playing and tones surely justify his reputation as one of rock’s best producers working today. And the band just love his studio in Bangkok and the satellite studios like Gann’s Dynamic Studio he uses around town. The band is blessed to have so many cool people around them and watching out for their final sound and personality,” Gray said.