US / THEM: "If METZ played AC/DC:" Wenches (ex-Racebannon) debut hard rock/noise Valentine "My Lady's On Fire" via CvltNation

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

"If METZ played AC/DC:" Wenches (ex-Racebannon) debut hard rock/noise Valentine "My Lady's On Fire" via CvltNation

"Straightforward, no-nonsense rock." -- Metal Injection

"A raunchy rock'n'roll fire." -- CvltNation

Bloomington, IN quartet Wenches (ex-members of screamo/noise band Racebannon) share a new track from their forthcoming debut album Effin' Gnarly today via CvltNation. Hear & share "Mama, Wake Up" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

Metal Injection recently shared the "Bad Man" video HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Outburn hosted “Mama, Wake Up” HERE.

Assembled from broken bits and leftover chunks of various known and unknown groups in the punk, metal and post-hardcore world, Wenches hail from Bloomington, Indiana in the heart of the Midwest. Described by No Echo as “raw, no bullshit...undiluted rock realness" and in the vein of proto-punk bands like MC5 and The Stooges, the debut album Effin' Gnarly is slated for a February 2021 release.

Tracked at Russian Recording (Built to Spill, Tortoise, of Montreal) and mastered by James Plotkin (Sunn O))), Pelican, Earth, ISIS), the band portrays the album as “high-energy screaming hard rock played the only way long-haired punk metalheads know how. "After a rotating door of bassists and drummers, the band has finally landed on what hopes to be a lasting lineup. Effin' Gnarly follows a previously sold out 3-song "demo" cassette and precedes the release of a limited edition 7" single entitled State Fair Hair.

Effin' Gnarly will be available on LP and download on February 26, 2021 via Master Kontrol Audio. Limited edition cassettes will be released by Small Hand Factory. Pre-orders are available HERE.