Formed during the pandemic of 2020, Wird are a London based band who revel in big riffs and grungy noises. Taking various influences from the 90s, they shared their ‘Screwed’ debut in 2022, which immediately cast itself in a Puddle of Mudd vein with its post-Nirvana Cobain-isms, and chugging approach, before ‘Clown’ took the band into slightly heavier climes with the aid of copious amounts of feedback and a sludgy guitar riff that equalled a number of second division grunge acts.
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Watch: Brighton’s The Rattlebacks share new video for ‘Dementia Lounge’
Brighton based rock band The Rattlebacks have really put their stamp on 2024 with a couple of excellent singles. Here’s another: ‘Dementia Lounge’ doesn’t just capture the band’s gift for riffs, but improves on previous efforts by delivering much more of a direct punch.
Watch: ‘Mirror Midnight’ previews new album from The Awakening in classic style
Ashton Nyte is busy. Not only is he featured on a recent track from musical collective Beauty In Chaos (whose recent single featuring The Mission’s Wayne Hussey is a must hear), but he’s also promoting new material from his own band The Awakening, who are set to release a self titled album in October.
Before the release of ‘The Awakening’, Nyte has given fans a classic sounding preview via the single ‘Mirror Midnight’.
Listen: Call To The Void share new track ‘Viper’s Venom’
Call To The Void have been lurking within the musical underground for a while. In the summer of 2023, the London based band shared their debut single ‘Uncontrollable’ which blended sharp edged, 90s inspired elements – Pixies/Nirvana-eque basslines coupled with a noisy chorus – with a few 80s goth traits to create something that had one eye on the past, but sounded really punchy in the present. Their belated follow up, ‘Blow’, delivered in January 2024, explored a few different sounds. Stoking up the bass and relying more on a moody vocal, it shared moments that sounded, strangely, a little more like they were channelling a couple of old Billy Idol hits, but with the help of some aggressive guitar work, their love of 90s alternative sounds still remained obvious.
Watch: Tellers Scribe share new video for ‘Bella’
The opening of ‘Bella’, the current single from Tellers Scribe, wastes no time in setting a brilliantly heavy sound in place. The guitar tones mix post-grunge with a pinch of nu metal, and also add a hugely sludgy element to give everything a pleasingly dirty feel. For some, that might be complex ensough, but this is also augmented with a few very old school “horsey squeals” bringing slightly more of an old school vibe. In short, this grabs the ear in seconds.