The experimental Manchester quartet whip up a sonic storm around their Parisian singer’s politically charged lyrics
“I wish this music didn’t scare my wife or my cat,” a commenter confessed under the YouTube video of Mandy, Indiana’s latest single, Peach Fuzz. It’s true that the sounds emanating from the Manchester-grown industrial quartet are better suited to the strobe-lit depths of a basement club than the average living room. Comprised of Parisian frontwoman and lyricist Valentina Caulfield, guitarist and producer Scott Fair, synth-player Simon Catling and drummer Alex Macdougall, the experimental outfit whip up a dark, scattered sonic storm: an enthralling, danceable swirl of discordant EDM and crashing waves of unruly noise-rock.
The group first emerged online with a spate of recordings in 2019, later releasing their debut EP, …, in 2021. They garnered early support from dance veteran Daniel Avery, and have since opened for bands including Idles, Gilla Band and Squid. “I embrace chaos,” Fair said in a recent interview with NME. “I think sometimes the vocals and the music butt heads with each other. It’s supposed to be that battle between those elements.” Meanwhile, Caulfield’s politically charged lyrics manifest as rhythmic rallying cries, sung – and often shouted – with furious intent. On Pinking Shears she declares (in French): “I no longer want to wake up, when we let humans die, in the Mediterranean Sea.” Her visceral delivery ensures each verse lands like a gut punch.
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