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Music

Premiere: BIRDSKULLS - "Good Enough"

The sound of being dumped and responding by kicking an empty can, mumbling "whatever" and walking off.
Emma Garland
London, GB

Last year, we included the Brighton-based DIY label Dog Knights in our list of British Record Labels that Killed it in 2014 and by all accounts, it looks as though that legacy is about to rollover into 2015. They're about to release BIRDSKULLS' forthcoming LP Trickle, and we're premiering the video for the first single. It's called "Good Enough" and it sounds like something that would have aired on MTV's 120 Minutes in the mid-90s, only more exciting because it's happening right now.

The Brighton band specialise in woozy grunge with a pop twist that has pledged allegience to the Big Muff. There are discernable nods to the likes of Sebadoh, HUM and Archers of Loaf, but their sound is anything but tired. With a gentle refrain of "I don't wanna go to bed", "Good Enough" is the feeling of shrugging off a heavy heart. It's like responding to being dumped by kicking an empty can, mumbling "whatever" and walking off. It's a homage to all those nights spent wandering around your city alone, contemplating existence in late-night greasy spoon's, climbing scaffolding, staring blankly at a shelf of grapes… we've all been there, right?

Trickle is coming soon via Dog Knights Productions.