Rule The World - new single from The Duel featuring Segs Jennings from Ruts DC
THE DUEL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘RULE THE WORLD’
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST SEGS JENNINGS FROM RUTS DC
OUT NOW ON LIMITED EDITION WHITE LABEL ASSORTED COLOUR 7” VINYL AND DOWNLOAD – ORDER HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘RULE THE WORLD’ HERE
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 misbehaviour.
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 totally 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 favourable 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.
Watch the ‘Rule The World’ video HERE:
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 18th Rooz Day Out Signature Brew Haggerston, London
March 16th Raw Power Fest The Exchange Bristol
March 22nd Rockaway Beach Hope & Anchor Islington, London
April 24th Rock & Roll Cabaret Raincall Bar Soho London
August 1-4 Rebellion Festival Winter Gardens Blackpool
August 9th For Punks Sake Victoria Arms Leicester