Friday, January 18, 2019

Warish (Tony Hawk's son Riley) premiere new track via Kerrang from forthcoming RidingEasy Records debut

"Sludgy garage punk with truly evil vocals that are coated in just the right amount of distortion and echo. Come for the rowdy punk, stay for the slowed-down Sabbathy bridge." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"Warish totally rules... An awesome mixture of punk energy, biker rock fuzz, and grunge growl." -- Kerrang!


Southern California trio Warish premiere a new track from their forthcoming debut EP on RidingEasy Records today via Kerrang Magazine. Hear and share Warish's cover of "Human Being" by Lobby Loyde's cult Australian band Coloured Balls HERE.

Brooklyn Vegan also recently shared lead track "Fight" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Imagine if Incesticide era Nirvana were crossed with Static Age era Misfits. You'd have sinister low budget horror rock with a visceral, twisted weirdness and bludgeoning riffs. Some might call it nightmarish, we call it Warish

Warish is a very newly minted SoCal trio formed in early 2018 that has wasted no time making its presence known. The band formed when guitarist/vocalist and pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of skating legend Tony Hawk) and drummer Bruce McDonnell decided they wanted to try their hand at something more distinct than they'd done previously.

"We wanted to do simpler riffs and a fun live show," Riley explains. "A little more punk, a little bit of grunge... a little evil-ish."

Their sound takes cues from a variety of cool underground sounds and twists it all into an energetic and exciting fist to the face of dark fury. Hawk's effect-laden vocals hearken to early Butthole Surfers and David Yow's tortured caterwaul in Scratch Acid. The guitars are heavy and powerful, though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk; more like Cobain's and Buzz Osbourne's wiry contortions. The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the 5-track, 11-minute debut.


Warish will be available on 7" vinyl and download on February 1st, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE


Artist: Warish
Album: Warish
Label: RidingEasy Records
Release Date: February 1st, 2019

01. Bones
02. Voices
03. Fight
04. Human
05. Shivers


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