picture by Simon Holliday
You guys know Idles right ? of course you do! They have been pretty hard to miss during the last couple of years. Well I'm not gonna talk about them today, not too much at least.
Heavy Lungs is a band from Bristol, UK, formed in 2017, which name is, as we'll see,
always bound to Idles (not the Teen ones).
But where Idles is a bit too polished for my taste, Heavy Lungs is dark, rough and
depressed and... really good!
picture by Ania Shrimpton
Abstract Thought, their first release (digital only) in 2018, was a slap in the face.
5 tracks of highly disturbing noisy and dark (post?) punk, something between Bad Breeding
and Viagra Boys maybe. The vocals are angry but desperate, the bass lines are simple
but catchy and the guitar keep it all dark but dirty, well that's all I'm asking for!
And their big brother band is already there, the man with the big beard in the Descend clip is the bass player of Idles.
Their next release (late 2018) is a split 7'' with... Idles of course!
The bearded band has clearly decided to support the new guys from Bristol and I can only
thank them for that.
Blood Brother sounds more polished than the tracks from Abstract Thoughts, the guitar is clearer, closer to an Indie Pop sound, the vocals are cleaner... it's a catchy song though, is the band trying to get closer to their mentor audience ?
The split is followed by Straight to CD in february 2019 (on CD this time, obviously).
Things have changed a bit for the band in a year, helped by their mentors' and friends' reputation the success is just around the corner, I was a bit worried that this release would be the confirmation of their indie turn... but no! Or not so much!
Starting with Jealous, the band clearly shows that they are still in the same business.
Heavy bass lines, noisy guitars and screamed vocals... Heavy Lungs is back!
Of course there are parts of Roy (and of Blood Brother, also on this release)
which are nicer, more polished but overall... it's still great!
Unfaithful Ones, the 6:38 long track closing this ep takes us from some lands
trodden by Ian Curtis to some weird guitar solo which could have been taken from a Doors song... interesting experience!
Released on Balley Records, the label created by the members of... Idles!
And it now brings us to Measure, their latest release (October 2019, on Balley Records again). First I wanna say that it is not available on bandcamp as the other ones were, only on (not free) streaming websites and it's not a nice move guys! not nice!
But let's go back to the music, 5 new tracks of what Heavy Lungs does best, this release is clearly back to the Abstract Thought roots and I love it!
Self Worth is a great song, back to dark noisy punk, the band delivers what I was expecting from them.
Pacemaker brings us back to something slower, more chaotic, another almost 6 minutes long journey of weird guitar noises and dark thoughts and is a great conclusion to this new EP.
So I can only wish them to keep doing what they're doing and stay away from the hype as much as it's still possible! Keep rocking boys!
picture by The Black Dot
You can listen to Heavy Lungs and other modern gems in Rien à Faire #7.
N,J'Oi!
Rien à faire is on FB
Their next release (late 2018) is a split 7'' with... Idles of course!
The bearded band has clearly decided to support the new guys from Bristol and I can only
thank them for that.
Blood Brother sounds more polished than the tracks from Abstract Thoughts, the guitar is clearer, closer to an Indie Pop sound, the vocals are cleaner... it's a catchy song though, is the band trying to get closer to their mentor audience ?
The split is followed by Straight to CD in february 2019 (on CD this time, obviously).
Things have changed a bit for the band in a year, helped by their mentors' and friends' reputation the success is just around the corner, I was a bit worried that this release would be the confirmation of their indie turn... but no! Or not so much!
Starting with Jealous, the band clearly shows that they are still in the same business.
Heavy bass lines, noisy guitars and screamed vocals... Heavy Lungs is back!
Of course there are parts of Roy (and of Blood Brother, also on this release)
which are nicer, more polished but overall... it's still great!
Unfaithful Ones, the 6:38 long track closing this ep takes us from some lands
trodden by Ian Curtis to some weird guitar solo which could have been taken from a Doors song... interesting experience!
Released on Balley Records, the label created by the members of... Idles!
And it now brings us to Measure, their latest release (October 2019, on Balley Records again). First I wanna say that it is not available on bandcamp as the other ones were, only on (not free) streaming websites and it's not a nice move guys! not nice!
But let's go back to the music, 5 new tracks of what Heavy Lungs does best, this release is clearly back to the Abstract Thought roots and I love it!
Self Worth is a great song, back to dark noisy punk, the band delivers what I was expecting from them.
Pacemaker brings us back to something slower, more chaotic, another almost 6 minutes long journey of weird guitar noises and dark thoughts and is a great conclusion to this new EP.
So I can only wish them to keep doing what they're doing and stay away from the hype as much as it's still possible! Keep rocking boys!
You can listen to Heavy Lungs and other modern gems in Rien à Faire #7.
N,J'Oi!
Rien à faire is on FB
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