Hailing from the lesser spotted breeding grounds of Exeter, and recorded with the rather more spotted production chops of Jack Ogborne (The New Eves, Naima Bock, The Cindy), pushbike introduces a scragglier addition to Mita De and Charlie Wayne’s (of Black Country, New Road) burgeoning indie imprint The Bird, with a debut EP ‘Little Bastard’ – landing 9th October.
Mixing up passions for galloping 90s alt-rock – think Ash but with the emo filter dialled up – with a penchant for mystical lyrics about adventure and dewy-eyed wonderment, new single ‘Pure Hate’ delivers a particularly peevish kind of melody, the sort that rolls around in your head for days, but as you sing it back to yourself for the umpteenth time and really think about it, what the hell does ‘How many miles is a million miles to Michigan’ mean anyway?
Often seen knocking about in the blooming DIY scene in Leeds, pushbike (who share members with kindred spirits Bramwell) are another name in a nascent wave of guitar bands – often playing around Leeds, or Manchester – taking the current vogue for optimistic, uplifting rock music, tuning down the Americana a touch, and offering up gifts to the gods of roguish jangly chords and vintage flair instead.
Photo by Molly Boniface
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