Olivia Sterling, ‘People Are Very, Very Odd About It’ 2021, print available now from Particular Ideas
‘Freedom Day’ has passed and whilst we’re not quite
As they settle into their new lives and become more
there yet, festivals are happening and standing shows
comfortable with talking about themselves, we dig into
are drawing in more confident crowds. It’s progress.
the Mean Girls references, the effect of living on an
Also taking steps forward are Amyl and The Sniffers.
island and making videos. Not too far away on the south
The Melbourne four piece are gearing up to release their
coast are KEG. The anticipated release of debut single
second studio album via Rough Trade Records and they’re
‘Heyshaw’ marked the ideal time to have a chat. Prepare
on the cover. Following a pre lockdown blow out, we
for pickled eggs and that ‘post-punk’ label.
caught up with the band to discuss comfort, changing upwards and shaking off the restrictions of ‘Punk’.
London’s Modern Woman have signed to the new label from End of the Road Festival and whilst members speak
Orlando Weeks is also preparing for the release of his
to us from separate rooms in the same house (due to
second album. Following the success of the delicate debut,
Covid-19), they’re very much together when it comes to
‘A Quickening’, Weeks is trimming the fat, and alongside
vision. Via Zoom we catch up on spoken word, building
producer, Bullion, developing songs that he can stand
instruments and intertwining folk with heavy music.
behind. We chat inside. In Bristol, Lazarus Kane have
Staying in the capital, we also check in on Horsey, who
taken the last 18 months to reflect and adapt. Moving
have just released their debut album and Wunderhorse, the
away from the character driven narrative of the past, the
new project from Jacob Slater. The Early Mornings wrap
now fully formed band talk us through that development
up our UK chats, and the Manchester group, now based
as well as their debut EP ‘Psychobabble’. Staying in
in London, walk us through their sound and where they’d
Bristol, we speak to newcomer, Bingo Fury whose debut
love to play their new EP.
single ‘Big Rain’ grabbed our attention. We met up before a show to find out how it came together, the roles within
Finishing off the mag, Sydney’s The Lazy Eyes outline
the group and taking the pressure off.
their ethos and we send over some questions to Brooklyn where we find Partisan Records’ latest signing, Geese.
Wet Leg are a band in demand. From signing to Domino,
They’ve been working with Dan Carey (of course) and we
to releasing their oh-so-catchy debut single and then
try to add some detail to the little known so far.
announcing tours with ‘BIG’ bands, the Isle of Wight duo are ‘buzzy’.
3 Orlando Weeks Big Skies, Silly Faces 7 Amyl and The Sniffers Guided by Angels 14 Bingo Fury Big Rain 17 Wunderhorse Teal 21 Geese Disco 26 Horsey Debonair 31 Modern Woman Offerings
36 Wet Leg Chaise Longue 39 The Lazy Eyes Where’s My Brain??? 43 KEG Heyshaw 47 Manchester Psych Fest 4th September 2021 50 Lazarus Kane Psychobabble 53 The Early Mornings Unnecessary Creation
The four-piece from London have found their genre-
And although I have a big interest in poetry and some of
bending niche. Sophie, David, Juan and Adam are creating
the songs I was playing at the time are now for Modern
an intriguing post-folk experimental sound. Having only
Woman - they were just guitar-based and stripped back - I
just settled into their lineup, they’ve recently become the
wasn’t doing poetry during that time.
first band signed to End of The Road Records. We chatted with Modern Woman to find out what’s coming next.
I never performed at any of them until we were already a full band and then I put us on as a full band.
Sophie: I live with Adam, but he has Corona, so he is in the other room.
Oh yeah, so a full band at a poetry night?
Adam: You don’t want it, I’m not asymptomatic. The
S: The event kind of pushed the boundary between poetry
fatigue is an interesting part, nothing special. Everyone is
and music. We would have bands on and also have poets
catching it at the moment.
on, but the lines were crossed. Some poets would read with a band behind them, being inspired by the words and
S: We’ve been in isolation for a while, I’m feeling
improvising the music live, and there were usually full
claustrophobic. I don’t understand how I don’t have it
bands to headline the night too.
as we live in a tiny apartment. Maybe I have a stronger So you weren’t writing for the poetry night but you had
immune system than yours.
already been writing for the band? If you are all stuck in separate rooms, I guess you haven’t been rehearsing much. Feels like corona has
S: Yeah I came to London when I was 18 for uni and
stopped everyone in their tracks, you were performing
because I was obsessed with music. I had already started
at spoken word nights before the pandemic right?
writing and as it developed, this idea of intertwining folk and heavy music came strongly. I think that is what led us
S: Well, I used to run a spoken word night, but I actually
to come together as a band. As much as I enjoyed playing
never played it.
alone with David, it was never gonna be quite what I had imagined as it was quite stripped back then.
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Words by Phoebe Scott, illustration by Perrine Forite
Artists
Josh Whettingsteel Olivia Sterling Julia Kluge
Lena Yokoyama Justin LaGuff
Christina Gransow Jolly Mones Lauren Hall
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Reuben Cross Al Mills
Laura Pegler
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Toby Evans-Jesra Zoé Coulon EJay Jo
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