By Storm - Bye Storm / Double Trio (Official Video)

Picture Credit: Parker Corey

Injury Reserve retire name and form new duo By Storm.

Injury Reserve began as the creative outlet for three friends from Phoenix, Arizona; rappers Stepa J. Groggs (Jordan Groggs) and RiTchie With a T (Nathaniel Ritchie), and producer Parker Corey.  However, in summer 2020, as the trio were close to finalising their second album, Groggs tragically and unexpectedly passed away.

Today, surviving bandmates RiTchie and Parker share the final output under the Injury Reserve name and their debut offering as newly-formed duo By Storm.

The double video - directed by Parker opens with Bye Storm, the last track of Injury Reserve's acclaimed and now final album, 2021's By The Time I Get to Phoenix, and concludes with a visual for Double Trio, the debut single from By Storm.  Both tracks are also available on streaming services now.

"To respect the specificity of all three of us as Injury Reserve, we have decided not to make new music under this name.  Nathaniel and Parker have continued working together and plan to release under By Storm as a hand off from our work within Injury Reserve," explain By Storm.

On 15th July, By Storm premiered the Bye Storm / Double Trio video in Los Angeles, alongside this conversation with Harmony Holiday for MythScience Talks.  Memorialising Groggs, the double video serves as a means for the pair to retire the Injury Reserve project and commencing their work as By Storm.