Official press release:
Evil Island have announced their signing to Blowed Out Records along with the news that their debut single, “Tiger Baby”, will be officially released on DSPs with a full music video on April 15th and also as a limited edition 7” vinyl pressing of 300 copies, all hand signed by the band, that will feature a second single only available physically for now. Pre-orders for the “Tiger Baby” 7” vinyl are available now from evilisland.lnk.to/tigerbaby. Fans can check out a 15s teaser clip of “Tiger Baby” below.
Evil Island brings together Johnny Whitney (vocals), Cody Votolato (guitar/vocals), and Mark Gajadhar (drums) of Seattle post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers alongside bassist Autry Fulbright of OFF! and …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. Four musicians converging around new material, recorded with producer Ross Robinson over five months to create an album that surpassed all their expectations.
Providing further context on how the project came together, Cody Votolato shares:
“Ross Robinson came to my surprise birthday party last May 2025. I mentioned Evil Island and he instantly said ‘Fuck yes, let’s make a record.’ By October we were in the studio and signed to Blowed Out Records. Now on April 15th, 2026 we are releasing our first single ‘Tiger Baby’ with a limited press of 300 copies on 7″. It will include our second single that you can only hear early on the 7″ at first. We are super proud of it and it’s now available for preorder!”
That Robinson – the producer behind Korn’s debut, Slipknot’s Iowa, At The Drive-In’s Relationship of Command, and The Blood Brothers’ own Burn Piano Island, Burn – heard two demos at a birthday party and cleared five months of his calendar says everything that needs to be said about what Evil Island brought into that room.
Adding further context to the Evil Island origin story, Ross Robinson shares:
“This is a record I’ve wanted to make for way too long, ever since signing and producing The Blood Brothers ‘Burn Piano Island, Burn’ .. I feel Evil Island is the coolest fucking band on earth and dare anyone to step up to the unleashing fire these guys throw down- they’re the king of kings .. I can’t believe we got to make this thing, it’s an artistic/emotionally violent dream come true for me!”
“Tiger Baby” is just the beginning. More coming from Evil Island very soon.
