Bristol punk trio Mould sound like a blast from the past on their self-titled debut EP: it's loud, it's abrasive, and it's damn catchy. Fuzz and crashing cymbals are the main ingredients, making it an uphill battle for the vocals.
The lyrics have the streetwise poetry approach, pioneered by bands like the Buzzcocks and the Undertones. A band that can up with lines like "On a day cancelled by apathy // My eyes hung from the balcony // Lash anchors that flow like cables // Into the cement and down beneath" would have been championed by John Peel back in the day. Plenty of bravado and swagger, even when they it slow in the closing track Glow.
Mould is released via Nice Swan Records (vinyl, digital). Buy it from their website.
Tracks:- Cables
- The Space You Take Up
- Birdsong
- Glow
- 09/14 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
- 10/18-19 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Left of the Dial Festival
- 11/16 Leeds, UK @ Live at Leeds In The City