First there was do-or-die anthem “Gutsy”, then “Christmas Bonus” (“Ho-ho-ho – let’s go!”),then “Alive After Death (Last Plane Out)”, officially No. 1 at German rock radio, and most recently “Kid In A Candy Store”, a rite-of-passage rocker in the spirit of AC/DC‘s “Whole Lotta Rosie”; and now, blowing in hard on a festival-ready chorus and enough full-blooded “woahs” to lift an arena roof or part the lower clouds, there’s “Here She Comes”, complete with guitar solo cranked high in the mix for maximum shoulder-straddling impact.

Lyrics like, “Here she comes, raising a hurricane, there she goes blowing my mind” might sound like they’re about one of vocalist/guitarist Joel O’Keeffe‘s favorite subjects, women — which, to be fair, they are — but they also nod to the tropical storm that bore down on Music Farm Studio in Byron Bay, south-eastern Australia, as AIRBOURNE were recording, adding to a list of tribulations topped up by dangerous, potentially lethal wild-life and uncooperative vintage gear.

“It was like a hurricane came through,” recalls drummer Ryan O’Keeffe. “I remember screaming, ‘Get away from the windows!’ Streetie [bassist Justin Street] was sleeping in an old bus outside the studio, and a tree fell right next to it and almost crushed him!”

Adds brother Joel O’Keeffe (guitar, vocals): “That’s how the song came about. It’s just out of this storm that blew in. Everyone was sitting there going, ‘Here she comes!’ Then we flipped it, and it became a bit of a double entendre. It’s so much fun.”

Watch the previously released “Kid In A Candy Store” and “Alive After Death (Last Plane Out)” below.