Rebelution Drop ‘Back In Time’ to Mark Eric Rachmany’s Birthday

Rebelution have shared “Back In Time”, a new single the California reggae band timed to frontman Eric Rachmany’s birthday and posted directly to their RebelutionMusic channel. The track lands as a stand-alone release with no album attached, extending the steady-cadence model the band has run for more than a decade on its own terms.

Putting “Back In Time” out as a single rather than as part of an album fits the indie-reggae operation Rebelution have built since their student-era EPs in Isla Vista. The band controls its own catalog, sets its own release cadence, and prioritizes its core listenership over the rhythm of the major-label calendar.

Formed in Isla Vista, California, the group built its reputation out of the Santa Barbara live circuit with compact sets that fuse reggae with a surf-rock edge. Rachmany handles guitar and lead vocals alongside Rory Carey on keys, Marley D. Williams on bass, and Wesley Finley on drums, the lineup that has anchored the entire Rebelution catalog.

“Back In Time” sticks to the band’s house sound: dry guitar tone, an unhurried reggae groove, a clear lead vocal sitting forward in the mix. The lyric video on the RebelutionMusic channel has already cleared 66,000 views without a major promotional push, a pattern that tracks with the band’s long-tail engagement from a fanbase that turns up to every drop.

Independent reggae as a career model

Rebelution sits at the front of a California-reggae scene that has operated largely outside major-label infrastructure: bands like SOJA, Iration, Stick Figure, and Slightly Stoopid have built audiences through touring, direct fan engagement, and self-set release schedules rather than radio playlisting. Rebelution’s catalog runs the same way: the band owns its master recordings and routes promotion through its own channels.

Tours like the “Bright Side of Life Tour” and the “Good Vibes Summer Tour” have routinely filled five-to-ten-thousand-capacity venues across North America without a major agency handling the cycle, selling tickets directly to the band’s fanbase. Catalog tracks like “Safe and Sound”, “Roots Reggae Music”, and “Lazy Afternoon” have accumulated hundreds of millions of streams, placing Rebelution among the most-played American reggae acts on streaming platforms.

What follows the single

For now, “Back In Time” is available only through the band’s official YouTube channel; there is no Spotify version at the time of this writing. Rebelution typically stack singles ahead of a full album, so the track most likely opens a new release cycle, with no announced album date yet.

The single will stay on the band’s own platforms while Rebelution confirm dates for the next North American tour run. For anyone tracking reggae made outside Jamaica, the channel is the place to watch. The next release, on recent form, won’t be far behind.