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The playlist – new bands: the Wholls, Bror Forsgren, Lionlimb and more | Musique Non Stop

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Monday, October 26, 2015

The playlist – new bands: the Wholls, Bror Forsgren, Lionlimb and more

The sound of 2016 echoes Arctic Monkeys, London O’Connor turns Beck’s Loser inside out, and Le Grind release the most infectious dance track ever

The Wholls are being touted as the sound of 2016, which is odd, because they’re very much the sound of 2006, with echoes of the Arctic Monkeys’ clipped guitars and the chipper cockney tones of Jamie T. Debut single X21 is indie rock with a light dash of dub, and is the culmination of two years’ worth of BBC Introducing and Battle of the Bands-type attention. They’ve been in the studio with LA producer Steve Baughman, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Usher, 50 Cent, Destiny’s Child, Pink, Eminem and Snoop Dogg, which is surely less a sign of their future direction and more of the seriousness with which they’re taken by their label, Defcon 2.

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