Treading a delicate tightrope between indie, post-rock and folk, ‘Horse’s Mouth’ – with it’s organic, ever-mutating song-structures, close-knit introspections and surging shoegaze rushes – spans a beguiling 4 minutes that are as obliquely abstract as they are desperately touching.
Produced by the band’s own Spencer Withey at Brighton’s Farm Road Studios, this latest cut sustains the band’s intention to offer sparkling illuminations on the benign drudgeries of everyday twenty-something life via an enigmatic stream-of-consciousness approach to songwriting and lyricism. As vocalist/guitarist Georgia Butler notes: ‘Horse’s Mouth’ depicts the relentless work ethic of the modern day person through the narrative of an unnamed individual.“
Self-releasing their debut single ‘Southbound’ last November after only a handful of Brighton shows;, the band drew instant critical acclaim from UK tastemakers Emily Pilbeam (BBC Radio 6Music), The Line of Best Fit, So Young Magazine, DIY, Rough Trade Counter Culture, Still Listening, For The Rabbits, and Hard of Hearing.
Since then, the quartet have won illustrious support slots with some of the UK’s most exciting new alternative bands. Touring with The Bug Club in February, ladylike supported Lime Garden and Ugly at their respective landmark hometown headlines, also sharing stages with the likes of Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Van Houten and Divorce.
Earning a spot on this year‘s Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Shortlist, the band also reached the final of the Green Man Rising 2024 competition, and performed at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach alongside The Orchestra (For Now) and TTSSFU. Slots at the inaugural Brighton Psych Fest, as well as debut EU shows Rotterdam’s Left Of The Dial (their first EU date) and Paris’ Supersonic already await the band for the remainder of 2024.
SOURCE: Official Bio
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