{"id":13822,"date":"2015-06-01T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2017-06-10T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T16:31:21","slug":"white-reaper-shares-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13822","title":{"rendered":"White Reaper shares new single &#8216;Sheila&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/White-Reaper.jpg?resize=800%2C594\" alt=\"White Reaper\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/White-Reaper.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/White-Reaper.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/White-Reaper.jpg?resize=404%2C300 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>White Reaper has shared their new single for the track, <em>Sheila<\/em>. Take a listen to it via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F207549480&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=bdb7b4\"><\/iframe>\n<p>After signing to Polyvinyl in early 2014 and releasing a self-titled EP that blasts through six tracks in a breakneck 15 minutes, the Reapers &#8211; Esposito, keyboardist Ryan Hater, bassist Sam Wilkerson, and drummer Nick Wilkerson &#8211; soon began working on new material to fill out their set.<\/p>\n<p>Enter &#8216;White Reaper Does It Again&#8217;: a raucous debut full-length from a bunch of barely 20-somethings who have more fun on a Tuesday night than you do on a Saturday. The album will be out on July 17, 2015 via Polyvinyl &#8211; pre-order it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyvinylrecords.com\/#doesitagain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded in White Reaper&#8217;s hometown of Louisville, KY, with engineer Kevin Ratterman (Young Widows, Coliseum), WRDIA is a pure rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll adrenaline shot: vicious guitar scratches, elastic bass, sugary keyboard leads, and a thudding drums that will inevitably give your heartbeat a new rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Opening track\/lead single <em>Make Me Wanna Die<\/em> counts off to detonation before quickly ensnaring the listener in a melodic force field of fuzz and distortion, highlighted by Hater&#8217;s bright keyboard tones sending out signal flares through the haze.\u00a0Esposito&#8217;s punk snarl takes center stage on <em>I Don&#8217;t Think She Cares<\/em>, a two-minute ripper that romps and stomps like a certain girl on a certain guy&#8217;s heart.\u00a0Far from pausing to take a breath, the record&#8217;s b-side is just as eager to accommodate those with a beer in one hand and a limitless fount of energy to burn.\u00a0Take <em>Sheila<\/em>, a track that displays thinly veiled restrained on its verses before exploding in a thrashing chorus over which the titular name is shouted gleefully.<\/p>\n<p>As with their previous material, before entering the studio Esposito put together demos of all the tracks before sending them to his bandmates to flesh out their parts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg?resize=385%2C385\" alt=\"white reaper cover\" width=\"385\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/white-reaper-cover.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTrack listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Make Me Wanna Die<br \/>\n2. I Don&#8217;t Think She Cares<br \/>\n3. Pills<br \/>\n4. On Your Mind<br \/>\n5. Last 4th of July<br \/>\n6. Alone Tonight<br \/>\n7. Candy<br \/>\n8. Sheila<br \/>\n9. Friday the 13th<br \/>\n10. Wolf Trap Hotel<br \/>\n11. Don&#8217;t You Think I Know<br \/>\n12. B.T.K.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/04 &#8211; Newport, KY &#8211; Southgate House Revival<br \/>\n6\/05 &#8211; Indianapolis, IN &#8211; The HI-FI<br \/>\n6\/06 &#8211; Grand Rapids, MI &#8211; The Stache at The Intersection<br \/>\n6\/07 &#8211; St. Louis, MO &#8211; The Firebird<br \/>\n6\/08 &#8211; Kansas City, MO &#8211; The Riot Room<br \/>\n6\/11 &#8211; Sacramento, CA &#8211; Harlow&#8217;s<br \/>\n6\/12 &#8211; Portland, OR &#8211; Dante&#8217;s<br \/>\n6\/13 &#8211; Seattle, WA &#8211; Neumo&#8217;s<br \/>\n6\/14 &#8211; Boise, ID &#8211; Neurolux<br \/>\n6\/15 &#8211; Salt Lake City, UT &#8211; Bar Deluxe<br \/>\n6\/16 &#8211; Denver, CO &#8211; Larimer Lounge<br \/>\n6\/17 &#8211; Omaha, NE &#8211; The Waiting Room<br \/>\n6\/18 &#8211; Des Moines, IA &#8211; Vaudeville Mews<br \/>\n6\/19 &#8211; Minneapolis, MN &#8211; First Avenue<br \/>\n6\/20 &#8211; Milwaukee, WI &#8211; Mad Planet<br \/>\n7\/17-7\/19 &#8211; Louisville, KY &#8211; Forecastle Music Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>White Reaper has shared their new single for the track, Sheila. Take a listen to it via Soundcloud below. After signing to Polyvinyl in early <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13822\" title=\"White Reaper shares new single &#8216;Sheila&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,30],"tags":[73,2323,3021,1061,2267,3022],"class_list":["post-13822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","tag-album","tag-polyvinyl-record-co","tag-sheila","tag-single","tag-white-reaper","tag-white-reaper-does-it-again"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/White-Reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C594","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-3AW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13190,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13190","url_meta":{"origin":13822,"position":0},"title":"White Reaper announce debut album &#8216;White Reaper Does It Again&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Like everything White Reaper does, the band's trajectory from regional act renowned for its high-intensity shows to national touring group was accomplished at the speed of 0 to 60. \"We went all over the country and grew our hair out a little bit,\" says guitarist\/singer Tony Esposito about the past\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"White Reaper","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7970,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7970","url_meta":{"origin":13822,"position":1},"title":"White Reaper announce debut EP + reveal new track &#8216;Half Bad&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Power trio White Reaper emerging from Louisville, KY have announced their self-titled debut EP out on June 24 via Polyvinyl,\u00a0and reveal a explosive new track. 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