Formed in 2018 in Manchester Released a handful of early singles, including working with Creation Records founder Alan McGee Included in NMEs top 100 artists to watch for 2021 Idles UK EU Tour Dates in 2022 with Porridge Radio, Girl Band, and Bambara Touring with Bob Vylan in July August Releasing their debut EP, pressed exclusively onto vinyl for Independent Record Stores First single Reincarnate released in June. Support fromSteve Lamacqon 6music,Dan P Carteron Radio 1,Clash,NME,The Forty Five,RocksoundandLondon In Stereo Concocting a potent sonic assault that recalls the foreboding darkness ofBlack Sabbath,Savagesmonochrome post-punkand the dirty breathlessness of Bleach-eraNirvana, the Manchester quartet create a confrontational racket that takes no prisoners. The bands name is inspired by the hysteria which accompanied the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, and Europe, which the band have long considered were a means to belittle, suppress and diminish women. Theres a big emphasis on female empowerment and female anger, says bassist Alex of the message raging behind the bands music. Its about celebrating yourself and self-expression. Not being stifled and held back. Reincarnate,which was recorded atOrgone Studiosin Woburn, with producerJaime Gomez Arellano, explores those incendiary topics. Lead singleReincarnateis an anthem of post-breakup independence, set to Sabbath-esque graveyard doom.In The Resurrectis a visceral squall about celebrating identity and being a bad ass bitch.Abjecttackles sexism the band have encountered during live shows, whileBully Boyis a steel toe-capped boot to abuse of male power, which considers theconcept of God within a patriarchal system. Growing up I went to a church and it was orthodox, shitty and a bit of a weird place, explains Amy. When I was 16, I left and then my family left after me. Some of my lyrics are about that, its about coming away from a trauma and knowing that youre powerful despite that. She takes biblical sayings and turns them on their heads, says Alex of her bandmates lyrical approach. Its playing around with power constructs in society, religion and life and flipping it on its head.