Currently on tour with Suede, Nottingham's Bloodworm deal in brooding post-punk awash with dominant, driving basslines, heavily modulated echoing guitars, and morose, dramatic vocals that nod firmly to the eighties - but with an energy rooted firmly in the now.
Suedeâs Richard Oakes happened to catch one of their shows by chance and was so impressed by the young trio that he offered them a slot on his bandâs seventeen date sold-out tour.
While the atmospheric âBloodlustâ, paired to a video by Seth Lloyd, offered a slice of ice-cool post-punk, its shimmering guitars bringing to mind The Cure, The Sound and Echo & The Bunnymen, new single âAlone In Your Gardenâ lurks further into the shadows still, delivering the most gothic take on their sound yet. The single is accompanied by a video featuring footage from their hugely successful recent tour.
Of the track, frontman George Curtis says: âThis song was written during autumn over a particularly cold couple of days. I was inspired by the very unique feeling of that time of year, the smell of the air, the falling leaves, the damp stillness that all feels so specifically Englishâ.
âI was trying to invoke those feelings within a songâ, he adds. âThe song was an attempt at mixing old English folk, with all its folklore and emphasis on tales, with the gothic sound that I am drawn toâ.
Theyâre supporting Suede now. They wonât be supporting anyone for long.
đ§ Watch the video for âAlone In Your Gardenâ below