Mush share new single "Hazmat Suits"

Tipped previously by the likes of Loud & Quiet, Uncut, Q, Stereogum, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Dork and more, Mush, comprised of Hyndman (guitar/vox), Nick Grant (bass/vox) and Phil Porter (drums), present their own sonic idiosyncrasy. The BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music-playlisted art-rock trio are today sharing their fuzzy new single, "Hazmat Suits".

The new track is lifted from the Leeds-based band's forthcoming second album, Lines Redacted, which is out on 12 February and comes mixed by Lee Smith (The Cribs, Pulled Apart By Horses). The full-length release, which was announced with single, "Blunt Instruments" arrives just under a year after their debut album, 3D Routine, capping off what has been an obviously tumultuous, but remarkably prolific year for the band.

“Hazmat Suits” arrives as a swathe of bug-eyed guitar lines cut with a pummeling rhythm section as primary songwriter, Dan Hyndman provides another tongue-firmly-in-cheek take on the dystopian landscape playing out around us.

It’s a sound that blurs the lines of abstract surrealism, existentialism and social commentary; utilising guitars as tools in 2020 to stave off malaise whilst simultaneously commenting on the nation’s ability to fall into such dire straits. It’s a sensory overload of wiry tones that zig-zag between punk, prog and sardonic-funk with a relentless ability to reflect society’s faults and apathy in a unique and acerbic manner.

Live shows alongside Girl Band, Shame, The Lovely Eggs, Stereolab, and more allowed tracks from 3D Routine to develop in the live capacity before becoming their fully-formed, recorded counterparts. Lines Redacted, on the other hand, is a product of supposed home-working and having more time to-hand; written at the tail end of an election cycle, in the midst of a pandemic and with a large-scale recession lingering like a dark blot on the edge of an ever-shrinking horizon.