KB & The Raskals consists of four artists currently living between Irvine and Ayr, led by frontwoman Katelyn Baxter.
Also in the band are bassist Dominic Rafferty, guitarist Robert Lithgow, and percussionist Jamie McAtee.
Their latest release ‘Vinyl’ discusses common tropes of nightlife in a comedic but honest matter, and is named after the Ayr venue that closed in 2024.
The single forms part of their debut EP ‘Prologue’, which is set to be released with a launch party on February 27.
The nightclub which the song is named after, ‘Vinyl’, was closed down in January of 2024 and has now rebranded as ‘Notion’, a multipurpose venue space in Ayr.
Although this is probably one of the edgier tracks the band has debuted, it still has many of the traits which local fans have come to love from the band.
Katelyn said: “The whole experience stresses me out; the heat, the crowds, the noise, and the feeling of being trapped). So I wanted to write something that captured that chaotic, uncomfortable energy without glamorising it.”
“Nights out in general can be messy and overwhelming, especially when you don’t actually enjoy the environment.”
You can stream the latest single from the band at https://open.spotify.com/track/2wb0gS8CwWcpoTq8Mc3699?si=e4ff1f95f4f14dfb
As well as their previous release ‘Astral Projection’, the single was entirely recorded independently at the UWS campus in Ayr, and mixed and mastered by Jamie McAtee.
The drummer and producer said: “This is probably the song on the EP that has the most amount of tracks within the session.
“I really wanted to capture a lot of chaotic and at times overwhelming types of instrumentation to match Katelyn’s description of nights out.
“We tracked a bunch of guitars doing all sorts of weird noises and added more sub to the bass than I normally would to mimic that oomph of a club’s PA system.
“Lastly, we got a bunch of people to send us voice memos of their worst club experiences that we layered throughout the song, so that you can’t make out one story.
“Instead it sounds like a bunch of people chatting at a taxi rank at 2am after a night out.”