Reincarnate Orange Heavyweight Vinyl

Formed in 2018 in ManchesterReleased a handful of early singles, including working with Creation Records founder Alan McGeeIncluded in NMErsquos top 100 artists to watch for 2021Idles UK amp EU Tour Dates in 2022 with Porridge Radio, Girl Band, and BambaraTouring with Bob Vylan in July amp AugustReleasing their debut EP, pressed exclusively onto vinyl for Independent Record StoresFirst single lsquoReincarnatersquo released in June. Support fromnbspSteve Lamacqnbspon 6music,nbspDan P Carternbspon Radio 1,nbspClash,nbspNME,nbspThe Forty Five,nbspRocksoundnbspandnbspLondon In StereoConcocting a potent sonic assault that recalls the foreboding darkness ofnbspBlack Sabbath,nbspSavagesrsquonbspmonochrome postpunknbspand the dirty breathlessness of BleacheranbspNirvana, the Manchester quartet create a confrontational racket that takes no prisoners. The bandrsquos name is inspired by the hysteria which accompanied the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, and Europe, which the band have long considered were a means to belittle, suppress and diminish women.ldquoTherersquos a big emphasis on female empowerment and female anger,rdquo says bassist Alex of the message raging behind the bandrsquos music. ldquoItrsquos about celebrating yourself and selfexpression. Not being stifled and held back.rdquoReincarnate,nbspwhich was recorded atnbspOrgone Studiosnbspin Woburn, with producernbspJaime Gomez Arellano, explores those incendiary topics. Lead singlenbspReincarnatenbspis an anthem of postbreakup independence, set to Sabbathesque graveyard doom.nbspIn The Resurrectnbspis a visceral squall about celebrating identity and being a ldquobad ass bitchrdquo.nbspAbjectnbsptackles sexism the band have encountered during live shows, whilenbspBully Boynbspis a steel toecapped boot to abuse of male power, which considers thenbspconcept of God within a patriarchal system.ldquoGrowing up I went to a church and it was orthodox, shitty and a bit of a weird place,rdquo explains Amy. ldquoWhen I was 16, I left and then my family left after me. Some of my lyrics are about that, itrsquos about coming away from a trauma and knowing that yoursquore powerful despite that.rdquoldquoShe takes biblical sayings and turns them on their heads,rdquo says Alex of her bandmatersquos lyrical approach.rdquo Itrsquos playing around with power constructs in society, religion and life and flipping it on its head.rdquonbsp