Making music that’s equal components candy, spicy, and seductive, Bristol band HUNNY BUZZ may very effectively be the subsequent massive factor within the indie pop canon. With infectious ardour, invigorating power, and a debut EP on the horizon, they’re an simple artist to look at in 2024!

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Tinheritor melodies are daring, their lyrics catchy, their music enjoyable, in-your-face, and completely electrifying.

Simply 5 songs into their profession, Bristol’s HUNNY BUZZ are a definitive brilliant spark on the indie pop horizon – and their star is shining brighter by the day.

The four-piece of Lydia Learn, Rowan Barfoot, Invoice Pedrick, and Ewan Base ship radiant, spirited singalongs with infectious ardour and invigorating power, inviting audiences to affix in as they eagerly unravel the mysteries of life and love. The band’s punchy debut single “Love Me Like You Used To,” launched in February 2022, set the tone from the beginning with roaring electrical guitars, sweltering drum beats, and a fascinating reflection on previous and current romance courtesy of Learn.

Flash ahead to this previous summer season, and their single “Now I can recover from you” finds the band catapulting gracefully via emotions of nostalgia and closure, driving excessive on an irresistibly upbeat anthem that hits exhausting and leaves a long-lasting mark:

HUNNY BUZZ’s newest single, “Deli Man,” sees them at their most bittersweet and brooding – but nonetheless buoyant, heat, and wondrous. “[It’s] a tune about energy and acceptance of the little issues in life,” Learn tells Atwood Journal. “It displays on psychological well being and coping with individuals who don’t totally perceive, or at the very least attempt to.” The band hit their stride in a cathartic refrain whose comforting and heartfelt lyrics intention to inspire, soothe, and encourage:

And I’ll don’t have any job, however at the very least I’m effectively
And I don’t don’t have any cash,
however that’s high quality for 21, proper?
You don’t have a clue,
and also you’re gradual and unwell
Heaven forbid, I’m not nothing such as you
Heaven forbid, I really feel sorry for you

Youthful, energizing, and completely unapologetic – and with a debut EP on the best way – HUNNY BUZZ are an simple artist to look at in 2024. Their first EP, Pacific Wax, is due out early subsequent 12 months, and so they lately accomplished their first UK tour, making now the proper time to hop on the bandwagon and grow to be a fan.

On the subject of the EP, Learn shares, “The candle on my bedside desk from ASDA is labeled ‘Pacific Wax,’ that’s the story behind the artistic identify. The songs symbolize color, life, character, youth, love, and psychological well being.”

Taking inspiration from bands like Wolf Alice and Alvvays, HUNNY BUZZ are shortly discovering their very own voice – and their step – within the different lexicon. Marrying cinematic efficiency with soul-stirring emotion, their songs nonetheless really feel contemporary on the tenth and twentieth hear – a high quality that bodes effectively for this younger band’s longevity.

True to their identify, HUNNY BUZZ are price all of the hype.

Making music that’s equal components candy, spicy, and seductive, they may very effectively be the subsequent massive factor within the indie pop canon, and we will’t wait to see how excessive they fly.

Atwood Journal caught up with the British band of their first-ever interview to speak about their influences, their sound, songwriting, and extra. Get misplaced within the refreshing reveries and uncooked reckonings of their present five-song catalog, and keep tuned for way more to come back from HUNNY BUZZ within the close to future; Pacific Wax is due out in early 2024!

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A CONVERSATION WITH HUNNY BUZZ

Atwood Journal: Nice to fulfill you, HUNNY BUZZ! For starters, do you thoughts introducing yourselves? Who’re you, the place are you from, and the way lengthy have you ever been taking part in collectively?

HUNNY BUZZ: Myself Lyd, Rowan, Ewan, and Invoice. All of us are roughly from the Southwest, presently residing in Clifton, Bristol. All of us met on the college of BIMM Bristol, and have been a band for nearly three years now.

What’s the story behind your band identify?

HUNNY BUZZ: I believe the identify ‘Hunny Buzz’ was a suggestion from my mum. I used to be searching for one thing enjoyable and bubbly, in order that simply labored.

You debuted final 12 months with “Love Me Like You Used To” and “Quick Black Skirt.” Are you able to share a bit about these songs, and why you selected them as your first two singles?

HUNNY BUZZ: “Quick Black Skirt” was one of many first songs that I had written for Hunny Buzz, and one the place Rowan added some fairly lead guitar for the primary time. I’d say it was the tune that started the roll of songwriting for Hunny Buzz.

In a couple of sentences, what’s “Quick Black Skirt” about, and what does it imply to you?

HUNNY BUZZ: Its story is predicated on the start chapter of a brand new love and the joy of assembly somebody. The tune has private that means to me as a result of it’s a chapter of my life that felt new and free resulting from shifting to a brand new metropolis.

You have since launched the songs “Girlfriend within the Band,” “Love Me Like You Used To,” and most lately “Now I can recover from you.” How do you are feeling these songs have additional fleshed out who HUNNY BUZZ is?

HUNNY BUZZ: The songs all have distinctive that means behind them, which is what makes their tales particular person from one another. Nonetheless, all of them have in widespread the tales of younger love that relate to relationship struggles, romantic closure, and simply the journeys love takes us on.

What’s Bristol’s music scene been like for you over the previous 12 months and a half?

HUNNY BUZZ: The music scene in Bristol is at all times vibrant and busy, that’s why we adore it right here as a band. Over this time, we’ve seen our viewers develop right here and a few followers who at the moment are nice associates of ours. Now we have lately performed The Louisiana, the place we lately had our first sellout headliner. We love the music and ambiance in Bristol, and I couldn’t want for a unique place that might flourish the early phases of the band’s journey as a lot as Bristol has.

Who else do you suggest popping out of Bristol today?

HUNNY BUZZ: I’d suggest BIMM bands in Bristol as upcoming good artists/bands as a result of there may be a lot hidden expertise on the market – one in all my favourites is JAZMYN, who supported our headline present.

Congratulations on the discharge of “Now I can recover from you”! Are you able to share a bit concerning the story behind this tune? What’s this observe about?

HUNNY BUZZ: “Now I can recover from you” is concerning the acceptance of getting over any person, and it’s concerning the closure of letting them go. This one’s all about younger love, and the journey of youngsters in love.

The lyrics inform a narrative of a relationship gone off the rails. How shut does this story come to actual life, and the way a lot have been you pulling from your individual previous(s)?

HUNNY BUZZ: The lyrics are fairly uncooked however that’s how I like to jot down them. They’re straight to the purpose because the story unravels all through. A variety of private progress and that means was put into this tune and I’m proud to jot down about tales that relate to us all.

“Now I can recover from you” additionally leans into that catharsis we really feel once we can lastly transfer on. Did penning this tune symbolize part of that course of?

HUNNY BUZZ: Undoubtedly. I solely write songs I really feel passionately about, in any other case there wouldn’t be any motivation to jot down them. Penning this tune made me mirror and allowed me to really feel much more acceptance of the scenario and story.

Is songwriting a type of remedy for you?

HUNNY BUZZ: Sure, writing songs helps me write down my ideas that should be out. It has at all times been a type of remedy for the reason that I used to be sixteen. Apart from the love of songwriting, that is the rationale why I write.

The opposite factor that stands out about this tune is that pure, uncooked power pouring out of it. Are you able to discuss a few of your musical influences, and your hopes and objectives for this tune?

HUNNY BUZZ: My largest musical affect is Taylor Swift and has at all times been. From a younger age her writing has impressed my notion and outlook on issues, particularly inside my writing.

That is the lead single off your debut EP, Pacific Wax. What’s the story behind this EP title, and what do the songs on this EP symbolize for you?

HUNNY BUZZ: The candle on my bedside desk from ASDA is labeled Pacific Wax, that’s the story behind the artistic identify. The songs symbolize color, life, character, youth, love, and psychological well being.

How do you are feeling “Now I can recover from you” introduces this EP? What do you hope listeners take away from this tune?

HUNNY BUZZ: We want to say that is the principle single off the EP however when re-recording “Quick Black Skirt” and some different new songs, it’s actually exhausting to say which shall be hottest. “Now I can recover from you” is a sign for the route our songwriting is heading in, taking inspiration from bands equivalent to Wolf Alice and Alvvays.

What most excites you about your upcoming EP?

HUNNY BUZZ: Firstly, having an entire physique of music on the market for individuals to take pleasure in. Secondly, the stay aspect of releasing an EP. Enjoying exhibits and festivals the place the viewers are singing your lyrics again to you is among the finest emotions!

Within the spirit of paying it ahead, who’re you listening to today that you’d suggest to our readers?

HUNNY BUZZ: We admire bands equivalent to Wolf Alice, Seashore Bunny, and Beabadoobee.

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