The Ratchets Declare “Can’t Walk Until You Run” On New Single

On their new single, Can’t Walk Until You Run, The Ratchets are in classic form: channeling the roots rock rebel guitar heroics of The Clash while spitting out lyrics narrating rollicking tales of drug mules in Latin America & black market misadventures in Russia. Firing on all cylinders, the band brings a wry sense of humor to vignettes that allude to our global economy of vice & violence. After all, what other band could craft a catchy singalong with the phrase “dialectical materialism?”

Can’t Walk Until You Run is the latest in The Ratchets‘ ongoing singles campaign through Pirates Press Records, and their second release of 2025. It is available on all major streaming platforms as well as Bandcamp, along with a dub & New Wave influenced B-side remix by Strawberry Zaiquiri called Haus Feuer. The Ratchets have crafted the perfect single to welcome in the Spring of 2025, it’s an ideal song to blast with the windows down on a coastline drive on your way to get up to no good!