Witch Fever - Reincarnate EP [with a signed print]

Sony Music

£16.20

Format: 12" heavyweight vinyl (transparent orange limited to 1000)
Catalogue No.: 19439908651
Barcode: 194399086513
Release Date: 03 Dec 2021
Genre: Punk / Hardcore

*comes with a signed print

TRACKLISTING:
Reincarnate
In The Resurrect
Abject
In Birth
Initiation
Bully Boy

SUMMARY
Formed in 2018 in Manchester
Released a handful of early singles, including working with Creation Records founder Alan McGee
Included in NME’s top 100 artists to watch for 2021
Idles UK & EU Tour Dates in 2022 with Porridge Radio, Girl Band, and Bambara
Touring with Bob Vylan in July & August
Releasing their debut EP, pressed exclusively onto vinyl for Independent Record Stores
First single ‘Reincarnate’ released in June. Support from Steve Lamacq on 6music, Dan P Carter on Radio 1, Clash, NME, The Forty Five, Rocksound and London In Stereo

FOR FANS OF: Black Sabbath, Idles, Savages, Dream Wife

‘They look cool as fuck, and they sound like a reckoning, and they really mean it’- NME

‘If Witch Fever were a cult it would be incredibly difficult to refuse an offer to join them’ – Clash Magazine

‘This is something that could scorch lawns and burn down buildings, this is Witch Fever’ – Steve Lamacq, 6Music

REINCARNATE EP

Concocting a potent sonic assault that recalls the foreboding darkness of Black Sabbath, Savages’ monochrome post-punk and the dirty breathlessness of Bleach-era Nirvana, the Manchester quartet create a confrontational racket that takes no prisoners. The band’s 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.

“There’s a big emphasis on female empowerment and female anger,” says bassist Alex of the message raging behind the band’s music. “It’s about celebrating yourself and self-expression. Not being stifled and held back.”

Reincarnate, which was recorded at Orgone Studios in Woburn, with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano, explores those incendiary topics. Lead single Reincarnate is an anthem of post-breakup independence, set to Sabbath-esque graveyard doom. In The Resurrect is a visceral squall about celebrating identity and being a “bad ass bitch”. Abject tackles sexism the band have encountered during live shows, while Bully Boy is a steel toe-capped boot to abuse of male power, which considers the concept of God within a patriarchal system.

“Growing up I went to a church and it was orthodox, shitty and a bit of a weird place,” explains Amy. “When I was 16, I left and then my family left after me. Some of my lyrics are about that, it’s about coming away from a trauma and knowing that you’re powerful despite that.”

“She takes biblical sayings and turns them on their heads,” says Alex of her bandmate’s lyrical approach.” It’s playing around with power constructs in society, religion and life and flipping it on its head.”

Witch Fever are:
Amy Walpole: Lead vocals
Alex Thompson: Bass and backing vocals
Alisha Yarwood: Guitar
Annabelle Joyce: Drums

Already amassing support from NME, Clash, Louder Than War, and Fred Perry Subculture, Witch Fever’s modern punk should put them firmly on the radar of fans of Idles, Fontaines DC, Dream Wifeand Show Me The Body, bands who are also pushing noisily for social change. And in 2021, the band are set to take their new music and the white-hot energy of their relentless live show on the road. They’ve been announced as support, along with Porridge Radio and Girl Band, for Idles on their European tour as well as the first Brixton Academy show.