Baltimore’s genre-defying punks Pinkshift explode into 2025 with Evil Eye – a heavy, high-octane anthem that blends raw aggression, political paranoia, and anthemic intensity with the band’s sharpest songwriting to date. Catch it on the LOUD WOMEN Radio show tonight on Resonance 104.4fm.
Opening with a Hindi line:
“बुरी नज़र मुझे छू नहीं सकती / The Evil Eye can’t touch me”
– the track launches into a blistering assault of pounding drums, face-melting guitar work, and Ashrita Kumar’s most commanding vocal performance yet. From soaring hooks to throat-shredding screams, Evil Eye is a battle cry against the invisible watchers of our hyper-surveilled world. It’s both paranoid and powerful, marrying danceable breakdowns with breakneck urgency.
The track marks a notable sonic shift for the band, leaning deeper into hardcore and nu-metal territory – think Knocked Loose ferocity, Spiritbox‘s chaos, and just a touch of Deftones‘ atmosphere. Yet it’s unmistakably Pinkshift: catchy, cathartic, and built to shake walls and stages alike.
Currently on tour with The Linda Lindas, Pinkshift are proving their new sound hits hardest live — even catching the attention of Hayley Williams at their Nashville date. The band’s set has become a kinetic rallying cry, pulling first-time moshers into frenzied circle pits, all while delivering urgent messages about surveillance and control with the joyful rage of a band breaking free.
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