[Cover photo credit to Chris Haiderer]

Italian Punk and Garage Rock band The Peawees have announced their upcoming LP One Ride with an advance single, “Banana Tree”. The new album will appear worldwide on digital and vinyl formats via Wild Honey Records on September 6th, 2024 with exclusive license to Folc Records in Spain and Spaghetty Town Records in North America.

Formed in 1995 in the small Italian military town of La Spezia by three teenagers led by Hervé Peroncini, The Peawees have spent over 25 years crafting their unique blend of Punk Rock infused with R’n’B, Roots Rock, Soul, and Garage influences.

“Banana Tree,” is based on the true story of a convicted felon who escaped to the Canary Islands to start a new life working in a banana field, only to be eventually tracked down by authorities. Hervé Peroncini found inspiration for the song during the pandemic while in Tenerife, where he bought a guitar for 30 euros and wrote much of the band’s upcoming album One Ride.

He says:

During the pandemic, I was stuck in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. While I was there, I bought a guitar from an Egyptian guy for 30 euros to pass the time, and that’s where I wrote most of our new album. I heard about a criminal who had fled Italy and come to the islands to start a new life—a plan gone wrong. It was the story that inspired me to write ‘Banana Tree.’

The Peawees have previously released six albums, numerous singles, and have toured across the globe, sharing stages with bands such as The Sonics, Detroit Cobras, The Fleshtones, The Damned, The Hellacopters, and Radio Birdman.