Jun 3, 2025 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Drumfish

Johannesburg’s Drumfish emerged in September 2020 into a local scene still reeling from pandemic-induced silence. Their sound is a mean churn of garage scuzz. It’s jagged, fuzzy and feral in all the right places, capturing a band still very much on the edge, but now with teeth bared

🎧 Approved: Drumfish
Photo credit: Richard Dick Smith

Johannesburg’s Drumfish emerged in September 2020 into a local scene still reeling from pandemic-induced silence, distilling that post-lockdown rage into something loud and necessary. The three-piece carve out a space between garage scuzz and hard rock heft - all jagged riffs, blown-out fuzz and vocals that sneer as much as they shout.

Their 2022 double-punch debut ‘Demeanour’ and ‘Taking Hits’ introduced a sound that’s rough-edged and gloriously unpolished, balancing noise and hooks with the kind of looseness that only comes from playing loud and often. New track ‘Mint’ finds them sharpening their bite; a leaner, more purposeful churn that hints at deeper gears while keeping their livewire unpredictability intact.

They’re not reinventing the wheel, but they’re definitely setting it on fire.

🎧 Listen to ‘Mint’ below

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