THE DUEL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘RULE THE WORLD’ FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST SEGS JENNINGS FROM RUTS DC

So, who IS Tara Rez and WHO are The Duel?

 

THE DUEL has been the main vehicle for the melodies and lyrics that fall out of the woman that is Tara Rez and, as the band name suggests, was born out of a struggle between two major forces to reach a common flashpoint: musical perfection, a twisted corporation.

 

That other force was Andy Thierum and the initial explosion was in 1998…it’s now 2024.

 

But Andy was ill, and it wasn’t until 9 albums later that he was diagnosed with MS, explaining a lot of general misbehavior.

 

Colliding together for one final album with the fitting title of ‘Waging War ‘in 2016, the cataclysmic cycle was eating itself, heading towards a brilliant, if underrated climax.

 

So, what then? That species was extinct, what now?  A female warrior fighting for air in what is still a man’s world.

 

Unable to use the name The Duel in a favorable light, Tara continued as TaRa Rez, self-releasing (always self-releasing) the ‘Black Snake Prophecy’ EP in 2020. Following a natural and cosmically destined path that began with ‘Waging War’, collaborating with Segs Jennings, Ruts/Ruts DC as the reluctant record producer. 

 

“Any writing collaboration Is really a Duel,” says Tara and Segs unanimously. “If it isn’t worth fighting for, it shouldn’t be on the record.”

 

So yes, it’s 2024 and the release of ‘Rule The World’.

 

Penned by Ms. Rez and Mr Segs together in a spacecraft somewhere in another galaxy, this rocks. Given the power, would they pass a law against pain?  Somebody has to do something!

 

Listen, do it, feel it, sing it. 

 

It’s mean and they mean it.

Download the track and order the 7” vinyl HERE:

 

Catch The Duel live at the following dates:

 

Feb 6      Evolve –                               London Magazine              Greenwich, London

Feb 18^th Rooz Day Out                   Signature Brew                 Haggerston, London

March 16^th Raw Power Fest,        The Exchange                     Bristol

March 22^nd Rockaway Beach        Hope & Anchor.               Islington, London

April 24^th Rock & Roll Cabaret,     Raincall Bar                       Soho London

August 1-4 Rebellion Festival       Winter Gardens               Blackpool

August 9^th    For Punks Sake          Victoria Arms                   Leicester