KICKIN VALENTINA to release new album in May!

17th March 2025 0 By Jon Deaux

Bored with the rock music landscape of the time – dominated by overproduced fluff or bro-rock bands – KICKIN VALENTINA set out to play rock‘n’roll the way they wanted to hear it: loud, unapologetic, and 100% live, with no backing tracks and a take-it-or-leave-it attitude.

Fast forward to May 2025, and the band is set to release their fifth album, “Raw Trax, B-Sides and Bootlegs” worldwide via Mighty Music/Target Group. Once again produced by Andy Reilly (UFO, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle of Filth) at Muse Productions in Atlanta and mastered by Joel Wanasek, the album is a collection of unreleased songs, demos, and live recordings from the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany.

“We had a few songs left over from the “Star Spangled Fist Fight” recording sessions and knew we wanted to eventually release them,” says bassist Chris Taylor. “We thought it would be fun to package them together with a couple of live tracks and some demos of older songs. I always enjoy when bands release live recordings or demos, where you get to hear the raw, unfiltered versions – what the songs sounded like in the demo stage with alternate lyrics, guitars, etc. I hope our fans will enjoy this as well”, he concludes.

“Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” will be released on gatefold LP (red vinyl limited to 300 copies), CD and digital on 02.05.2025, via Mighty Music. Pre-orders are available at this link. It will be followed by a tour in the Spring – dates below.

The first single from the album, “The Getaway”, is out now and available to stream via this link.

Kickin Valentina formed in 2013 and quickly gained attention in the US and abroad. They released their debut EP the same year and later signed with Danish label Mighty Music, going on to release four successful albums: “Super Atomic”, “Imaginary Creatures”, “Revenge of Rock”, “Star Spangled Fist Fight”, and the EP “Chaos in Copenhagen”. Their album “Imaginary Creatures” charted on Billboard, while “Revenge of Rock” reached #6 on the Danish vinyl chart.

The band has toured extensively across America and Europe, opening for acts like Buckcherry, Queensrÿche, Skid Row, and Sebastian Bach, while also playing major festivals such as Bang Your Head, Call of the Wild, Nordic Noise, Monsters of Rock Cruise, and Rock Fest. Their music has been featured in prominent European and Japanese publications, including Burrn!, Classic Rock, and Metal Hammer. Kickin Valentina won the GA Music Awards for Rock Band of the Year (2014) and Video of the Year (2015) for their single “Wrong Way”.

“Raw Trax, B-Sides, and Bootlegs” will be released on gatefold LP (red vinyl limited to 300 copies), CD and digital on 02.05.2025, via Mighty Music. It will be followed by a tour in the Spring – dates below.

KICKIN VALENTINA ON TOUR (all UK dates w/ Sisters Doll):
14.05 – Trillians, Newcastle (UK)
15.05 – Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh (UK)
16.05 – The Waterloo, Blackpool (UK)
17.05 – Corporation, Sheffield (UK)
18.05 – Yardbirds, Grimsby (UK)
20.05 – The Tivoli, Buckley (UK)
21.05 – Cart & Horses, London (UK)
23.05 – Wildfest, JC Spiraal, Geraardsbergen (BE)
24.05 – Vachwerk, Vacha (DE)
25.05 – TBD
28.05 – Sunbea Live, Münchenstein, Basel (CH)
29.05 – Kulturfabrik, Wetzikon (CH)
30.05 – Rock n Roll Rho, Milan (IT)
31.05 – Jonnys Lion Cave, Trübbach (CH)

“Raw Trax, B-Sides and Bootlegs” tracklist:

1. Blame it on Rock’n’Roll
2. The Gotaways
3. Wild Ones
4. Sweat (live)
5. Easy Rider (live)
6. Freakshow (lockdown live)
7. War (demo)
8. End of the Road (demo)
Lineup:
D.K. Revelle – vocals
Heber Pampillon – guitar
Chris Taylor – bass
Jimmy Berdine – drums