Pinkshift‘s earlier releases have all the time lingered comfortably within the riotgrrrl sound, encompassing messy vocals and full-throttled riffs however their latest single, “Evil Eye,” shifts – or quite, takes a tough left – in direction of raunchy, offended metallic.
Frontwoman Ashrita explains of the observe, “The 12 months is 2025: we live within the age of mass surveillance, the place they’re watching you. They’re watching the whole lot you do. They know who you speak to, they know what you want, they know the place you reside, they know what you appear like. You higher not slip up.”
All through their profession, Pinkshift have been extremely outspoken concerning the socio- and geopolitical points which are at present inflicting us to dwell by ‘unprecedented instances,’ and “Evil Eye” is actually no completely different.
The title of the music “Evil Eye” itself is a double entendre. Technically, in Greek tradition, the appeal of the evil eye itself is meant to keep at bay individuals sending dangerous luck your approach. However, it is also a commentary on the “curse” of the evil eye and what we’re at present residing by.
Pinkshift is at present on tour with the Linda Lindas all through the US. You possibly can try tour dates under, and stream the one here.
April nineteenth – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Corridor
April twenty first – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch
April twenty second – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Metal
April twenty third – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Membership
April twenty fourth – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
April twenty sixth – Toronto, ON @ The Opera Home
Might thirtieth – Washington, DC @ Liberation Fest
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