This was the first track to be released from Reuben's second album, available only as a download, a first for the band. Inevitably, opinion was divided on this, the first new Reuben track to be heard since the release of the first album the previous year, but the brutal new track did get lots of plays on Radio One and made video of the week on MTV2 in February 2005. The band wanted to release something quickly and easily for fans and newcomers to hear in the gap between the first album and the warm up for the second, and it was agreed that a download single before the 'proper singles' would be best. It was prepared so fast that the band and Chris Sheldon, along with album engineer Ryan Maunder had to take a break from mixing the album so they could run into the kitchen and stand around the radio, listening to Zane Lowe play the first track off the record they were still making!

The facts:

Blamethrower is the first Reuben track to feature samples and drum loops, edited by Jim on his computer

The track was nearly left off the album as it was not popular in the demoing stages but Jim decide to see if the samples he'd made for the track would make it sound any better, and once they were mixed into the demo version of the track it became a firm favourite, and eventually the first representative of the whole album!

Reuben's first download also featured a download 'b-side'. Downloaders who purchased Blamethrower also received the track 'Freddy Kreuger' from the first album for free, in the interest of promoting interest in the band and their first album, as well as value for money.

The video for the song was filmed at the West End Centre in Aldershot, the same place the Freddy Kreuger video was filmed, and featured computer graphics designed by Jim and his old chum Vincent Oliver.

You can download high res cover art for the track here