{"id":7970,"date":"2014-04-09T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7970"},"modified":"2015-10-17T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T21:41:37","slug":"white-reaper-announce-debut-ep-reveal-new-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7970","title":{"rendered":"White Reaper announce debut EP + reveal new track &#8216;Half Bad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power trio White Reaper emerging from Louisville, KY have announced their self-titled debut EP out on June 24 via Polyvinyl,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and reveal a explosive new track. Take a listen to <em>Half Bad<\/em> via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F143569117&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=828682\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the label said about the EP: The band was formed by Tony Esposito (vocals\/guitar), and twin brothers Nick (drums) and Sam Wilkerson (bass).\u00a0They cut their teeth playing a number of raucous local and regional shows that left everyone&#8217;s ears ringing and no pores devoid of sweat, the group is ready to unleash their eponymous debut EP &#8211; a six-song blitzkrieg that traces the band&#8217;s present and future. While dingy and jangly single <em>Conspirator<\/em> scratches the itch left behind by Jay Reatard, infectious stand outs <em>Cool<\/em> and <em>Funn<\/em> will undoubtedly make the ears of the Ty Segall\/Oh Sees sect perk up.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 5px; border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs197\/1102000774575\/img\/2444.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.2444\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track listing:<\/strong><br \/>\nCool<br \/>\nFunn<br \/>\nHalf Bad<br \/>\nShe Wants To<br \/>\nConspirator<br \/>\nOhh (Yeah)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So far they have one live date set up to promote the EP on\u00a004\/12 in Brooklyn, NY @ Baby&#8217;s All Right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>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. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=7970\" title=\"White Reaper announce debut EP + reveal new track &#8216;Half Bad&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7971,"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":[23,28,30],"tags":[438,2268,2269,2267],"class_list":["post-7970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-ep","tag-half-bad","tag-louisville","tag-white-reaper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=540%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-24y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13190,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13190","url_meta":{"origin":7970,"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":"https:\/\/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&ssl=1&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&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/white-reaper.jpg?fit=800%2C524&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13822,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13822","url_meta":{"origin":7970,"position":1},"title":"White Reaper shares new single &#8216;Sheila&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"White Reaper has shared their new single for the track, Sheila. 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