NIX

Antwerp, nearby the third harbour dock. That™s where Reena Riot retreated, deep into the unknown, far away from flashy producers and haughty studios. That™s where a past is buried, perhaps even a corpse... And that™s where a debut album is recorded  finally!  and where a grand group rises! After two ep's and a final in Humo™s Rock Rally, the story of Reena Riot could have unfolded in many ways. Homerecorded demo™s led to dead-end streets, the road to ruin led to the road less travelled. But after all, making music remains an irresistible urge, a compelling drive that only serial killers, junkies and babies know about. And so Reena Riot opted for the uncompromising approach, Staf Verbeeck (Jet Studios) set up his microphones in an empty harbour building and the band radically took production into their own hands. Unashamedly passionate. Naomi™s voice cracks like never before, the rhythm section is tight like an athlete™s tit, the guitars seem to be oozing from sick speakers. And the songs have ripened to grand cru-allure! Some sound calm like the nightly North Sea, others are fierce and rücksichtlos like hurricane Harvey. ˜Nix™ is a debut of genuine Belgian marble: chalk white and fragile at first sight, but chiselled out of one piece and downright unbreakable. Reena Riot is Naomi Sijmons (Birds That Change Colour), Jan Myny (Mel Dune), Alan Gevaert (dEUS, Chantal Acda), Bernd Coene (The Blues Vision) and Thomas Werbrouck (KRANKLAND, Little Trouble Kids). Their debut album will be released 25/01/2019 on a gatefold 2LP, with downloadcode included Releaseconcert Handelsbeurs Gent 22/2, Arenberg Antwerp 7/3 tracklisting A Mountains All Systems down Good old waltz B Siren Shadow of the sun Undone C Waitin Knife Bird D Tonight