Flat Tire

Kendra Morris’s 2025 board-game concept album Next quickly became a fan favourite, toping several year-end lists and cementing it’s place as one of the most creative album campaigns. Now six months after the record’s release, Karma Chief is thrilled you bring you a 45 featuring a fan-favourite tune from the record and a brand new dub remix. ‘Flat Tire,’ the album’s announcement track, tips its hat to old reggae from the 60’s. Inspired by the records Kendra’s parents would bring home from trips to Jamaica, the tune brings you a catchy, bouncy chorus you just can’t get out of your head. ‘Flat Tire’ was recorded with all vintage gear and tracked through a Tascam 388. It also features Ray Jacildo, collaborator of The Back Keys, Yola, on piano and organ. The B-side of the 45 features a dub remix of ‘Flat Tire’ by the one & only Paul Cherry. “As soon as we recorded ‘Flat Tire,’ Terry and I agreed immediately that there should be some sort of dub remix- the tune was made for that,” Kendra says. Terry threw out Cherry’s name and they agreed he was the man for the job. The final product perfectly echoes classic late 60s dub by building from of the basics of the song…stripping the production down further, playing up the reverb and adding echoes, pauses and delays in all the right places.