Brighton quartet PROJECTOR have been going their own way since 2018 - industrial drum machines, angular post-punk, lush melody and frenzied rant-pop all sharing the same space, acid-soaked country sitting next to Incesticide-era grunge somewhere in the middle.
Two albums in, and theyâre one of the more interesting and unpredictable bands on the UK underground circuit.
New single âI Need A Lie Downâ arrives with a new guitarist, Rowan McIntosh, previously their session player and now a fully-fledged member (âthe idiot said yes and now we donât have to pay himâ, says frontman Edward Ensbury). The song was recorded with him, and it sounds like a band excited to be playing together again.
Itâs âpretty derangedâ, says Ensbury. âIt came out so mad and all over the placeâ. Bassist and vocalist Lucy Sheehan is more precise, adding, âI wanted to write something to play live that would maybe make people feel sick and culminate in a horrific wall of noiseâ. Which sounds horrible on paper, but recorded? Great.
They support Bo Ningen at The Lexington in London on 16 Nov, with a new body of work due in 2027.
đ§ Listen to âI Need A Lie Downâ below