Manchester’s Furrowed Forehead have a popularity for anarchic, unorthodox exhibits rooted in a completely DIY aesthetic. Punk to the core with out being punks they lurch irreverently by way of a mishmash of glam, artwork, new wave, goth, 60s storage and even people influences. Their songs and elegance are notoriously troublesome to pigeonhole.

Current reviewers have in contrast them to lovechild of Mark E Smith/The Cramps and likewise the unholy spawn of Jarvis Cocker and 70s glam. Personally I heard Jilted John and Sparks in there too, which I suppose simply proves it’s laborious to label them.

Newest single Outside Man (totally engineered, produced and mastered by the band in addition to launched on their very own Notes From Underground label) is an off-the-wall prog-post-punk paean to the nice stones and valleys of England.

The band encompass peroxide Richey Ostrowski (Vox / Songs); Meg Robinson (Guitar); Evie Chalmers (Bass / Vox / Artwork); Marc Ciufo Inexperienced (Synth / Organ / Vox) (he/him) and Ruairi Coyle on (Drums / Vox) and I’ll be trustworthy, I don’t assume we’ve given them sufficient consideration at Louder Than Battle, solely just lately seeing them performing on the Neck Of The Woods Competition in Levenshulme.

Outside Man is the eighth launched by Furrowed Forehead since June 2020 and so they have been increase a powerful popularity for his or her dwell performances. The laborious working band have a couple of dates within the diary, however am positive there will likely be extra to come back. Hold ‘em peeled…

Saturday twenty second July – Dina, Sheffield (Tramlines Fringe)
Friday 4th August – Peer Hat, Manchester
Friday twenty seventh October – 1 in 12 Membership, Bradford

The band might be discovered on Fb, Instagram and Bandcamp

All phrases by Iain Key. See his writer profile right here or discover him on Twitter as @iainkey