Brighton risers Highdrive release second single 'Something I Said'

Brighton five-piece HIGHDRIVE have shared their second single 'Something I Said' via Venn Records (Bob Vylan, Witch Fever, High Vis) - following the release of last year's debut single 'Cherry'.

Forming in 2024 with a mutual appreciation for acts including Deftones, The Jesus and Mary Chain and DIIV, those disparate influences have carved out a unique lane for the Brighton upstarts, with the band quickly becoming a fixture of the South Coast live scene before releasing any music, scoring early shows alongside Marmozets, English Teacher, Do Nothing, TTSSFU, DEADLETTER, Welly and Glare.

Today the band return with ‘Something I Said’ - produced by Coach Party drummer Guy Page. A dissonant burst of alt-rock turbulence that channels the relentless inner chatter of self-scrutiny, the track surges with sheets of wailing guitar and a thick, pressurised wall of noise, locking into a spiralling headspace of rumination and social-anxiety-fuelled tension, as vocalist Lucas Leitch explains:

"The lyrics on "Something I Said" dive straight into my self-made psychosis. It taps into my paranoia of saying the wrong thing. I can be overly self-conscious, feeling stuck in my own head and overthinking every word. I wrote the song whilst playing in an old band. Deep down I knew this was going to be the start of something new - and in many ways 'Something I Said' became the musical blueprint for what would become HIGHDRIVE."

HIGHDRIVE support Coach Party in Brighton on 20th February, and play 2000 Trees Festival this summer. New single 'Something I Said' is out now via Venn Records.

HIGHDRIVE are: Lucas Leitch (vocals, guitar), Eva Jaksi (bass, vocals), Bella Palanques (guitar), Felix Cleeve (guitar), Billy Houghton (drums).

LIVE DATES

20 February - Patterns, Brighton (w/ Coach Party)

26 February - The Hope & Ruin, Brighton

09 July - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham

04 September - Brighton Psych Festival, Brighton