White Reaper have shared “Pink Slip,” the third single to be released from their forthcoming album, Asking for a Ride, out January 27th on Elektra Entertainment. The new track is joined by a visualizer featuring live footage and behind the scenes clips shot over the past year with additional VFX by Harry Steel. Watch the video now below.
“Pink Slip” follows “Fog Machine” and its Max Moore directed music video, along with Asking for a Ride’s lead single, “Pages” which moved into the Top 15 at Alternative radio this week.
Recorded and largely self-produced in Nashville with the help of close friend and engineer Jeremy Ferguson, Asking for a Ride finds the Louisville band taking a more direct and in-your-face approach, prioritizing the collection’s raw energy and its ability to translate live through ripping and nervy compositions. It’s White Reaper at their most exciting – dialing up the chrome-plated riffs and monster hooks – a welcome reminder of just how much fun rock music can be.
“We ask ourselves: ‘Does it sound good when we play it in the room together?’ And if it does, those are the songs we want to pursue,” Esposito noted.
Guitarist Hunter Thompson concurred, “We started to recognize how we operate best as a band.”
Up next, White Reaper will hit the road for their 2023 North American “Asking for a Ride” headline tour. The upcoming trek will feature special guests Narrow Head, Militarie Gun, Taipei Houston, and Mamalarky on select dates, and will kick off February 7th. Tickets can be found HERE.
WHITE REAPER NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR 2023
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS NARROW HEAD, MILITARIE GUN, TAIPEI HOUSTON, & MAMALARKY ON SELECT DATES
February 7 – Lexington, KY – The Burl +#
February 9 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI Indy +#
February 10 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall +#
February 11 – St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall +#
February 13 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Studio +#
February 14 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn +#
February 15 – Dallas, TX – Granada +#
February 17 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad +#
February 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom +#
February 19 – San Diego, CA – Music Box +#
February 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre +#
February 22 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall +#
February 24 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre +#
February 25 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile +#
February 26 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre +#
March 2 – Denver, CO – Summit *&
March 3 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room *&
March 4 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid *&
March 6 – Des Moines, IA – Woolys *&
March 7 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre *&
March 8 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall *&
March 10 – Chicago, IL – Metro *&
March 11 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom *&
March 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr Smalls *&
March 14 – Toronto, ON – Opera House *&
March 17 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza &
March 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts &
March 19 – Boston, MA – Royale &
March 22 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *&
March 23 – Atlanta, GA – Hell *&
March 24 – Nashville, TN – Basement East *&
March 25 – Louisville, KY – Headliners *&
+ Narrow Head
# Taipei Houston
* Militarie Gun
& Mamalarky