Near Death Experience (NDX) kick start the summer with the release of new single 'Religion’ – a brooding, steamy, grooving slice of addictive rock’n’soul that builds from throbbing bass to guitar-screaming crescendo via a soulful chorus that’s so infectious you’ll never shake it off – even if you’ve been double vaccinated.

The religion in this case is the rhythm, which singer Ian Whiteling preaches like an evangelical clergyman, drawing you in with a velvet growl that builds to a climax in the chorus where he demands: “I’m a believer, believe in me!”

Guitarist Bill Marten counters Whiteling’s chorus melody beautifully with a lead line that’s straight out of the glam 70s. NDX also wear their influences on their sleeve with a series of rising horn passages that ramp up the tension in psychedelic soul fashion before the chorus hits.

Meanwhile, the funky drumming and Moroder-esque bass line, delivered by Amar Grover, wrap ‘Religion’ in a delicious warm groove, that continues to drive the song forward towards its thrilling climax of rising guitars and howling vocals.