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Rival Karma Release their newest Track Honey! #ninjarock
London-based “Ninja Rock” duo Rival Karma release their punchy new single “Honey!”,
out 7/23/21 from their sophomore upcoming EP.
Despite it’s upbeat and bold instrumentals, the track is
quite somber in its subject matter. According to the pair, “The whole E.P. was born through the idea of
manifesting the band’s different emotions through music.
’Honey’ is the opening track of the E.P, so while it
is musically upbeat, it is about the particular regret of not speaking up about the way you truly feel about
someone...a lover, a soulmate, a friend, a relative.” The song showcases irresistibly gritty guitar
strumming and wistful, distant vocals throughout that mourn the absence of someone special. Although
the single channels challenging sentiments, the duo comments, “...really it’s about an emotion, a powerful
emotion that most of us have had in our lives, and that we all learn to live with.”
In 2018, Rival Karma started as a group with four members. It was while gaining traction with a string of
scheduled gigs and a debut tour lined up for Europe the same year when two of its members disbanded.
As a result, the remaining members, vocalist and guitarist Martin Roux and drummer Piergiorgio “PJ”
Ciarla, decided to move forward with the tour as a duo. From then on, the pair continued touring, across
Europe (Italy, Spain, France Germany, UK), West Coast US, they released their first EP to high acclaim and
opened for guitar-driven buzzband @Reignwolf on select European dates.
Since 2020, Rival Karma have been NAMM 2020’s SoundBrenner Artists and have received over 250,000
Spotify streams for their song “Apocalypse Boogie”. The duo’s main influences include Queens of the
Stone Age, Black Pumas, and Dave Matthews Band and have worked with producer Sam Miller, who has
worked with artists such as Paloma Faith and Razorlight, among others