ASTRAL PEOPLE and Handsome Tours are excited to announce Injury Reserve for their first ever Australia and New Zealand tour this June 2019.
Injury Reserve play Wellingtons Meow on Friday 7 June.
The rap trio from Phoenix have started the year off with a bang, dropping track Jawbreaker in January and now they’re back with new single Jailbreak The Tesla feat. Amine.
Injury Reserve, who recorded their debut mixtape in a dentists office (and titled it Live from the Dentist Office), have had an interesting journey from the USA suburbs to a coveted A MINUS from Robert Christgau, the Dean of American rock critics, in his column for Noisey. From playing house shows to being played on Beats 1 Radio by Ebro. How did it all happen What makes producer Parker Corey and rappers Stepa J. Groggs and Ritchie With a T special
For Complex, its their boundary-pushing, DIY weirdness. For Billboard, their fashion sense and fearless honesty. Pigeons and Planes admires their group dynamic, calling them one of the best new groups in hip-hop, while Mass Appeal nods to their cinematic vision. Anthony Fantanos interest in their ability to balance tradition with innovation is well-documented on the Needle Drop, where he published 8/10 reviews of Live from the Dentist Office and last years Floss. The latter, a major breakthrough for the group with features from Cakes da Killa and Vic Mensa, is energetic, refined, and in Christgaus words, the most unpretentious hip-hop you ever heard.
They moved their studio from the Phoenix dental office where Corey’s grandfather practices to a house in Altadena, California. Following a sold out world tour, they inked a new deal with legendary A&R Hip-Hop as part of Loma Vista Recordings.
Fresh off the back of a huge SXSW show, Injury Reserve will be bringing their unique sound with their trademark energy to our antipodean shores.
