Winona Fights To Release Deluxe Edition Of Debut Album With Acoustic Renditions, Covers, & New Single “(Don’t Get) CLOSE”

Nashville, TN punk trio Winona Fighter is getting a lot of well-deserved attention lately. Their debut album My Apologies To The Chef, which includes the hit You Look Like A Drunk Phoebe Bridgers, was released in February of this year and they’ve been touring as part of their YES CHEF tour since the release. So what do they do to follow my My Apologies…? The band decided to release a deluxe edition with a full buffet of recordings.

On the deluxe edition, set for a September 5th release via Rise Records, the band recorded acoustic versions of every song on the album as well as covering classics from the Violent Femmes (Blister In The Sun) and Beastie Boys (Sabotage)…plus, the new single; (Don’t Get) CLOSE.

“If you’re thinking “is this a band full of crazy people?”… you’re not far off. Why are we releasing a 31 track, half electric, half acoustic, deluxe version of our debut album we released earlier this year? Well, I don’t know but we had a damn good time creating it,” says front woman and multi-instrumentalist Coco Kinnon. “We recorded this after the first leg of our ‘YES CHEF TOUR’ (where we’ve been playing every single song on the record each night), so it was cool to take some of the stuff we’ve started doing live and letting that influence aspects of the acoustic versions. There are quite a few elements in the deluxe I think listeners are going to be pleasantly surprised about. Some songs we even recorded just the 3 of us around a single microphone. It’s raw, fun, and totally rock n roll garage band vibes.

Speaking on (Don’t Get) CLOSE, Kinnon adds “I think it’s really cool we found an opportunity to release ‘(Don’t Get) CLOSE’. I was always drawn to this song but it never quite found it’s place on our debut record. Honestly, we are in the mindsight of recording completely new songs (even to us) moving forward so I really didn’t think it would ever see the light of day. When we decided to do a deluxe version of ‘My Apologies To The Chef’ it was a no brainer that it was finally this song’s time to shine. I not only want to dedicate it to anyone trying to navigate what romantic or personal relationships are supposed to be like after experiencing abuse, but also to all the partners, friends, and family members out there taking it day by day with them.”

To pre-save/pre-order My Apologies To The Chef Deluxe, visit: https://winonafighter.lnk.to/MATTCD.