Asking for a Ride

LPA 

1. Asking for a Ride
2. Bozo
3. Fog Machine
4. Getting Into Trouble w the Boss
5. Funny Farm

LPB

1. Pink Slip
2. Heaven or Not
3. Crawlspace
4. Thorn
5. Pages

White Reaper have released their widely anticipated new album Asking for a Ride, which is available today on all streaming platforms.

“It could be White Reaper’s best album. It’s entirely possible that the album is flat-out-great, maybe even a classic of its form,” declared UPROXX, while Treble attested “The journey to reclaim rock as an outlet for ballistic fun may very well start here.”  Stereogum praised White Reaper’s “ideal balance of pop accessibility and rocking-the-fuck-out abandon,” and +rcmndlisten affirmed “They’re everything a rock band should be this day in age, and for that, they deserve the title of world’s best.”

Asking for a Ride is led by the single “Pages” - Top 15 at Alternative radio this week - which Rolling Stone picked as one of their “Songs You Need to Know.” Additional album standouts include “Pink Slip” and “Fog Machine,” the latter of which is joined by a Max Moore directed music video.

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.

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, Mamalarky, and Soul Blind on select dates, and will kick off February 7th.

Comprised of Tony Esposito (guitar / vocals), Ryan Hater (keyboards), Sam Wilkerson (bass), Nick Wilkerson (drums), and Hunter Thompson (guitar), Asking for a Ride follows White Reaper’s 2019 album You Deserve Love, which marked a new career peak for the Louisville band. The collection was led by the number one alternative radio hit, “Might Be Right,” which the band later made their network TV debut performing on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!.  A collection of smart, sharply-written songs of doubt, dislocation, and elusive and often complicated love, The New York Times observed, “The Kentucky quintet White Reaper blends the winking gravitas of ‘70s arena rock with garage-y power pop… enjoy the trip back,” while GQ applauded the release as “the perfect companion for all your nice weather fun.”  Equal parts glam and grit, You Deserve Love found the band expanding on the songcraft laid down on 2017’s critically acclaimed The World’s Best American Band, which landed on Noisey’s “100 Best Albums of 2017” and Pitchfork’s “20 Best Rock Albums of 2017,” earning an 8.0 album score.