Dirt Bound from the 42 Days album is out today, with the Swedish hard rocker adding his voice remotely from Stockholm while the band recorded in Sydney.
Rose Carleo Band have released a radio edit of Dirt Bound today featuring Bonafide frontman Pontus Snibb.
The track is the only cover on the band’s May 2026 album 42 Days. Originally recorded by the Swedish hard rock group, it now carries the Rose Carleo Band stamp with Pontus Snibb returning to the song he wrote and first sang.
Guitarist and songwriter Mick Adkins introduced the song to Rose Carleo a few years ago. He raced home, put it on and asked if she had heard the band. Her immediate reaction was that they needed to write something in that vein. After repeated listens to Dirt Bound and the rest of the Bonafide album, the pair changed course.
“Let’s just record the song. Why not?” Rose Carleo told Noise11. “We didn’t want to reinvent the wheel. We just wanted to put our own stamp on it and so that’s what we did.”
They added it to their live set almost straight away. The space in the original recording, the driving rhythm and the vocal delivery all appealed. When it came time to cut their version, Adkins suggested contacting Snibb to see if he would contribute backing vocals.
An email went out. Snibb asked to hear the track. He liked what he heard and agreed. The collaboration happened entirely at distance. Snibb recorded his parts in Stockholm while Carleo and Adkins worked in Sydney. There was plenty of messaging back and forth, but the two camps never shared a room.
“He loved our version and he lent his vocals to the backing vocals there,” Carleo said. “And the rest is history.”
Snibb has since offered his own endorsement. “I’m glad and honoured that Rose recorded Dirt Bound and chose it as a single release as well. What a great version it is. I love it!”
Rose Carleo describes Pontus Snibb as an unusually complete musician who moves between singing, guitar and drums with equal facility. What first stopped her was the tone of his voice. “Just that tone,” she said. She also calls him a really lovely guy.
The cultural distance between Sydney and Stockholm proved less of a barrier than geography might suggest. Carleo points to a shared love of Australian rock and roll among European players. Bonafide are known AC/DC fans, and that common ground helped the connection feel natural. “I think we’re very very close like that,” she said.
The new radio edit trims the album version without losing the grit or the guitar focus. It is built for airplay while keeping the hard-driving character that first drew the band to the song. A video for the track is available now.
Dirt Bound sits on 42 Days alongside original material that ranges from personal reflection to tough blues-based rock. The album has already been road-tested.
Rose Carleo says almost every song from the record finds its way into the set depending on the venue and the night. Songs continue to shift once they leave the studio. Melodies stay intact, but phrasing and energy evolve with each performance.
Looking ahead, the Rose Carleo Band plans to hit the road properly in 2027. Rose is keen to get the new material in front of audiences and to keep the connection that comes from talking about the stories behind the songs.
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