The creative Ginger Wildheart is arguably among the UK’s best and most prolific songwriters, and his band, THE WILDHEARTS, recently signed a worldwide deal with Snakefarm / Integral for the release of their brand new album “Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts“.
In terms of energy and intent, music and visuals, this new 10-tracker has been forged in the white heat of the past, tapping into an era of the group when their genre-bustin’ music was first winning (wild) hearts and minds. Sometimes celebrating the past is the best way to fire up the future…
We’re off to a great start with “Eventually”. At over six minutes it manages to cram in so many different tones and feelings. Short, sharp rhythms; screamed vocals which I wasn’t too keen on when they first kicked in, but as the track progressed they felt better placed; a great rousing chorus; wonderful twinkly keys; some trippy little segues.
“Scared of Glass” does little to change this, a great rock and roll intro that leads into a nice, riotous number. Ginger has one of the most distinctive voices on the rock scene and it’s used to great effect on here, along with some cool “woah-woah” sounds from the rest of the Wildhearts crew. This is a bouncy number that’s destined to be in the live set.
01.Eventually
02. Scared of Glass
03. Troubadour Moon
04. Fire In The Cheap Seats
05. Kunce
06. Maintain Radio Silence
07. Blue Moon Over Brinkbum
08. Hurt People Hurt People
09. I'll Be Your Monster
10. Failure Is The Mother of Success
The Wildhearts – Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts (2025)
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