Desert rock at its absolute finest
Jessie Atkinson
15:14 17th June 2020

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L.A. Witch have released a brand new surprise single to announce their forthcoming second album Play With Fire. 'I Wanna Lose' is a red hot Bluesy, reverb-heavy rock'n'roll song with California cool at its heart.

Desert rock has always been the L.A. Witch speciality, but with 'I Wanna Lose', the trio step things up. All the way up. Beguiling as Mazzy Star, cool as the Black Angels and deft as any modern Blues oufit, this lead single is a very promising introduction to a sophomore album.

Can you resist the pedal-tastic, open-roof journey through the California desert? 

On the track, songwriter and band ringleader Sade Sanchez said: "'I Wanna Lose' is about feeling free and feeling stronger because you've lost everything and now you've got everything to win. It's about being a punching bag in a martyr-like way, and losing a fight to move on.” 

It's accompanying video uses the dark pin-up style of the album artwork, designed by Future Shock.

Play With Fire Track List:


1. Fire Starter 
2. Motorcycle Boy 
3. Dark Horse
4. I Wanna Lose
5. Gen-Z
6. Sexorexia 
7. Maybe the Weather
8. True Believers 
9. Starred

Play With Fire arrives 21 August via Suicide Squeeze

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Photo: Marco Hernandez