Manchester's iconic outfit Inca Babies presents their new single 'Daniella', drifting through smoky swamp-jazz grooves amidst a haunting tapestry of desire, danger, and shadowed city streets. With haunting lyrics and sultry rhythms, the Incas pull listeners into a tense, cinematic world where love and chaos collide.

This is the latest offering from their 'Reincarnation' album, released at the tail-end of 2025 via Black Lagoon Records. With strong cinematic and hypnotic elements, 'Daniella’ brings us through dark city streets, where danger, desire and delirium intertwine.

As foundational pioneers of the early post-punk and deathrock movements, Inca Babies remain a vital cornerstone of the Manchester and UK music scenes to this day. Led by guitarist-vocalist Harry Stafford alongside long-time collaborator Rob Haynes (The Membranes, Goldblade), the band helped define a dark, jagged sonic landscape that remains influential decades later.

During their initial five-year ascent, they amassed a dedicated following through relentless touring, six singles and four albums—every one of which successfully breached the UK Indie Charts. Their status as alternative icons was further cemented by a prestigious run of four BBC John Peel sessions between 1984 and 1988. Since reforming in 2007, Inca Babies have proven they are far from a legacy act, continuing to command respect as elder statesmen of the British underground.

“Daniella” is the third track on 'Reincarnation'. It was re-recorded at 6Db Studios in Salford with renowned producer Simon ‘Ding’ Archer (The Fall, PJ Harvey), who devoted significant effort to infuse it with a distinctive dub style. The original version was first recorded in 1986 at Cargo Studios for the album 'This Train', which we also released on Black Lagoon Records," says Harry Stafford, who shared recording and mixing duties before mastering by Marco Butcher at Boombox Studio.

"Looking through our back catalogue, it occurred to me that there were tracks that should again be made available in some manner and others that would benefit from reinvention. Last year's 'Ghost Mechanic Nine' album was an opportunity to create new music for our fans, who would like this music in the form of digital downloads and, for the truly hardcore, as a 12” Vinyl Album," says Harry Stafford.

"But it was also a realisation that we could invigorate old tunes. We already had a ‘best of’ compilation in ‘Plutonium', released in 2006, so we embarked upon a new quest, to inject new life into our favourite back catalogue. This whole project was to be an Innovative re-imagining of old tunes: re-invented for contemporary consideration. All of them Re-awakened and 'Re-inca-rnated'."

Inca Babies' journey since their formation in 1983 in Manchester's now-legendary deck-access flats of Hulme was highlighted in the 2024 documentary 'The Making of Ghost Mechanic Nine'. Since reforming, they've released four albums and toured three continents, continuing to explore goth, punk, death-rock and jazz-blues.

Earlier, the Incas shared 'Superior Spectre', a live favourite that was originally included in their 1984 John Peel Session, this song also appeared on their 2014 'Scatter' EP, following the A/B-side singles 'Candy Mountain', with its hypnotic bass line, contemporary groove and electronic sequencing; and 'Two Rails To Nowhere' with itsoriginal 1988 version featuring Inspiral Carpets' Clint Boon and new expanded Gun Club-esque version, featuring guitarist Vincent O'Brien.

The 'Reincarnation' album is out now, available on CD and available everywhere digitally, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

CREDITS
Written by Harry Stafford
Harry Stafford - guitars, bass, keyboards & vocals
Rob Haynes - drums & percussion
Vincent O'Brien - slide guitar
All songs re-recorded by Harry Stafford and Rob Haynes.
Slide Guitar recorded by Vincent O Brien
Recorded & produced at 6Db in Salford by Simon ‘Ding’ Archer
Mastered by Marco Butcher at Boombox Studio, North Carolina
Artwork designed by Harry Stafford
from images by James Chadderton Art Ltd. (Manchester Apocalyptic visions)
Album released by Black Lagoon Records - catalogue no. BLRLP0061
'Superior Spectre' video created by Harry Stafford & Jandi Moreno
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR