WARGIRL RELEASE DEBUT FULL-LENGTH
Long Beach, CA multi-cultural groove/world/indie rock collective WARGIRL is gearing up for the release of their self-titled debut full-length, which will be released on April 19 via Clouds Hill.
Check out the video for the latest single “How You Feel”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Btfhz_xK6o.
Buy/stream the single here: https://Wargirl.lnk.to/HowYouFeelAF.
Pre-order the album here: https://Wargirl.lnk.to/AlbumNAAF
Formed by guitarist Matt Wignall (longtime Cold War Kids collaborator who produced their singles ‘Hospital Beds’ and ‘Hang Me Up To Dry’), WARGIRL’s music has been described as third world garage rock with afro-punk and reggae / Latin influences.
Led by singer Samantha Park (daughter of James Lafayette Parks, the leader of the 70s funk band Bull & The Matadors), WARGIRL’s lineup is rounded out by bassist Tamara Raye (who plays in a way that grooves like Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club), keyboardist Enya Preston, dual percussionists Erick Diego Nieto and Jeff Suri, and Wignall on guitar.
Think Santana’s early records, afrobeat recordings by Fela Kuti, the psychedelic masterpiece “Forever Changes” by Love and sounds from 70s psych funk masters War (who happen to also be from Long Beach) and mix that with element of reggae, disco, garage rock and post-punk and you’ll start to understand where WARGIRL is coming from.
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“Mixing everything from afrobeat, Latin-tinted guitar offerings, and a healthy dose of funk, (Wargirl) slips and leaps in an eclectic batch of grooves. And the video takes all those intersecting feelings and dips them into the color-blocked silhouettes and streaks of color of a 70s stylized nature.”- Grimy Goods “This is a band that explores music like no other…”How You Feel” is funk rock in a nostalgic nod to 60’s California.”- Earmilk |
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“(“Mess Around”) serves as testament to the band’s musical might: fierce grooves, unapologetic attitude, and the ability to create hooks that are sensible and impossible to forget.”- PopMatters “…the band’s feral take on indie rock surprises at every turn.”- Clash “Pondering on the music of America’s west coast conjures up thoughts of The Beach Boys, Laurel Canyon and the hippy scene around San Francisco. Wargirl combine all of these and more into a potent mix that feels rooted in the contemporary despite leaving its heart in the 1970s.”- When The Horn Blows “Wignall’s tastes run the gamut, from old-school garage-rock to post-punk to Afro-beat to psychedelic funk to dance music. All of those flavors take a turn on the palate in the personal and political empowerment anthems on “WARGIRL””- Buzzbands “…funky and quite irresistible …continues their love for sunny grooves that are inspired by everything from post-punk to dub…”- NBHAP |
