Mumbles

city: Manchester
country: UK
genre: Rock
styles: Indie Rock, Noise Rock, Punk, Emo, Math Rock

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credits: Michael Triggs

on hashbrandnew.com since January 08, 2024

ABOUT THIS BAND

Diving headfirst into the chaos of late-capitalist life, Mancunian power-trio Mumbles ask the small questions: How do we be good people at the end of the world? How do we even survive? What the fuck is actually going on? Inner worlds and systems too big to see overwhelm all the time, but friendship, community, and the ecstatic joy lurking in the mundane can get us through.

Written after years of life-threatening/changing illness for frontperson Jacob Nicholas (they/them), In the Pocket of Big Sad is a sprawling attempt to chart re-entering a declining world. Alongside drummer Oli Knight (he/him) and clarinettist Tristan O’Leary (he/him), Mumbles emerge as a shred-heavy, turbocharged unit, powering through the agony, the ecstasy, and the more agony of learning how to be a human being in all of this.

Mumbles have been gaining a strong reputation for the 400mph chaos of their live shows, with dates supporting Deerhoof, Melt-Banana, and Horse Lords. Their live performance throws their joyous, desperate, beautiful and chaotic music into a maelstrom of energy, with something for anyone who enjoys emo, noise rock, folk, ambient and/or free jazz.

Incorporating these disparate elements, In the Pocket of Big Sad defies easy categorisation, but is ultimately just double-time indie rock with ideas above its station. The record is jubilant, frenzied, intimate and widescreen, often all at the same time.

Source [Spotify]