A band built on raw guitar riffs and lyrics about isolation, moving from scrappy beginnings to a polished, urgent sound.
For a sense of their sound, 'Lay Down' and 'The Glow' frame the band well, one with that raw guitar pulse, the other from that darker concept album.
They formed in Sydney in 2012, pulling from 90s guitar rock and post-punk with songs like 'Delete' and 'Tape Deck Sick' that lean into isolation and relationships. Their 2020 album 'The Glow' works as a loose concept piece about darker personal themes, and tracks like 'Lay Down' keep the melodic urgency with a cleaner sheen. Listeners respond to the direct, guitar-driven writing and Tommy O'Dell's strained vocal delivery, which gives songs an immediate, frayed quality.
They started with a scrappier debut in 2016's 'Hilltop Hoods,' followed by 'For Now' in 2018 and 'The Glow' in 2020. The records move toward more polished production, with later tracks like 'Health' and 'Believe' maintaining the melodic urgency. In 2018, the band was involved in a public altercation with a fan during a show, leading to a statement condemning violence.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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