Taken from their forthcoming Miss World EP, out on Transgressive on October 30th, comes a new track Destiny’s Mild from south coast trio Blaenavon. Having recently announced support shows with the likes of The Districts, Songhoy Blues and Palace, the band still have youth on their side with an average age of 19, and recording their David Pye (Wild Beasts, Egyptian Hip Hop) produced EP during their school half term holidays.
Destiny’s Mild is immediately engaging indie rock, but its more than that, with huge swathes of guitar noise thrown in for good measure as the band straddle straight up melodic pop music and dress it in ill fitting clothes and long hair. Throw in the ebbs and flows, the hint of a false ending and some melodic bass playing, and there’s not many (if any) boxes that need ticking to make that a favourite here at Backseat Mafia towers (aka, my front room).
Blaenavon Live Dates
21st Oct – Brighton – Green Door Store w/ Palace
22nd Oct – Glasgow – SW3 Warehouse Studio w/ Songhoy Blues
23rd Oct – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club w/ Songhoy Blues
25th Oct – Manchester – Gorilla w/ Songhoy Blues
26th Oct – Birmingham – Hare & Hounds w/ Songhoy Blues
27th Oct – Bristol – The Fleece w/ Songhoy Blues
3rd Nov – Brighton – Concorde 2 w/ Songhoy Blues
4th Nov – London – Koko w/ Songhoy Blues
11th Nov – London – Electric Ballroom w/ The Districts
14th Nov – Margate – By the Sea Festival w/ Foals
16th Nov – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach w/ Oscar
17th Nov – St Albans – Horn w/ Oscar
18th Nov – Newcastle – Head of Steam w/ Oscar
19th Nov – Leeds – Brudenell Games Room w/ Oscar
20th Nov – Manchester – Fallow Café w/ Oscar
29th Nov – Brighton Mutuations Festival
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