The Rootworkers announce the release of their forthcoming album with “Devil on My Bed,” the first single taken from “Don’t Beat a Dead Horse,” out in October on Bloos Records. The track will be available from Friday, 19 September 2025, accompanied by a music video directed by Paolo Tasso, who translates its hypnotic tension and maudit imagery into moving pictures.
Watch the music video for “Devil on My Bed” via the YouTube player below:
With “Devil on My Bed,” the Italian band sets the tone for their new direction: an electrified, contaminated, visceral blues that starts from the roots but twists and reinvents them, pushing into Psychedelic territory with urgent modernity.
The Rootworkers explain: “The devils are hungry. The old spirits that haunted Mississippi singers never rest — they crawl right under our sheets. With Devil on My Bed, we welcomed them, listened to them, played them and killed them — casting them into a dimension of fuzz, where slide guitars become violins and psychedelic swirls defy gravity.”
The single plunges into the band’s rawest and most visionary side, with saturated riffs, sulphurous atmospheres, and dreamlike drifts: the Blues as ritual practice, reimagined as a new sonic liturgy for the present. Recorded at Astronave Recording Studio in Recanati (Italy) and produced by Frankie Wah of Little Pieces of Marmelade, the track previews the aesthetic and sound of the band’s debut full-length, “Don’t Beat a Dead Horse“: a record where structures are stripped back, songwriting grows bolder, and echoes of delta blues are treated as textures to deconstruct.
The Rootworkers formed in 2019 in Appignano (Italy), united by a shared passion for Delta Blues and its most visceral offshoots. Enrico Palazzesi (vocals, guitar, lyrics), Andrea Ballante (guitar), Lorenzo Cespi (bass), and Enrico Bordoni (drums, keyboards) draw on influences from Soul, Garage, Psychedelic Rock, and contemporary songwriting to craft a sound that’s both distinctive and intense. In 2022, they self-released their debut EP “Attack, Blues, Release,” followed soon after by the single “Dead Flower Blues,” launching a prolific period of live shows across Italy. They’ve performed at Seravezza Blues, San Severino Blues, and shared the stage with acts like King Hannah, Sick Tamburo, The Cinelli Brothers, Reverend Beat-Man and Dome La Muerte, among others. In 2025, their first full-length album, “Don’t Beat a Dead Horse,” is released by Bloos Records, recorded with producer Frankie Wah (Little Pieces of Marmelade) and anticipated by the single “Devil on My Bed.” The album affirms a more mature and personal songwriting voice, breaking away from blues clichés to explore new expressive possibilities.
Lineup:
Enrico Palazzesi / Vocals, guitars
Andrea Ballante / Guitars
Lorenzo Cespi / Bass
Enrico Bordoni / Drums, keyboards