White Reaper

Louisville 5-piece White Reaper share their new single "Pages" via Elektra Entertainment. The new single is from the band's forthcoming fourth album, Asking For A Ride, which will be released on January 27th. It's the first new album for White Reaper since their major label breakthrough 2019 album, You Deserve Love, featuring their hit single "Might Be Right."

White Reaper vocalist/guitarist Tony Esposito said, "It seems like ‘Pages' could’ve easily existed on one of our earlier records, it’s just a few chords and a simple melody; but because of that, I’d say that it’s pretty unique to the rest of our new album. We can’t wait to show everyone what we’ve been working on."

Director Lance Bangs commented on the “Pages” video adding, “White Reaper are a joy to make things with, 5 guys that are good company in recording studios, house parties, live shows, and anywhere else you can spend time among them.  We had a great experience shooting saturated color motion picture film on handheld cameras for the ‘Real Long Time’ video for their previous album, and I wanted to get everyone together for an outdoor daylight look in one of my favorite architectural public spaces, the Keller Fountain in Portland Oregon.  It was designed in the late 60s and opened to the public in 1970.  It’s an enduring free space where people can spend time.   We filmed on a bright, warm afternoon and conjured up a video that feels like the song:  dynamic, catchy, genuine.”

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. Esposito added, "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."

The Kentucky quintet is comprised of Tony Esposito (guitar/vocals), Ryan Hater (keyboards), Sam Wilkerson (bass), Nick Wilkerson (drums), and Hunter Thompson (guitar). The band has released two EPs and three full-length albums, White Reaper Does It Again (2015), The World's Best American Band (2017), and You Deserve Love (2019). White Reaper recorded a Metallica song "Sad But True" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in 2021.

White Reaper will head out on a North American Headline Tour beginning February 7th in Lexington and ending back home March 25th in Louisville. Find the tour dates here.    

(Photo Credit: Jimmy Fontaine)

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