One of the more distinctive voices to recently emerge from Liverpool’s effervescent pool of guitar bands are FUSS, a band who, over the past year or so, have seemed both slightly elusive and yet ever-present on every good bill around. David Baddeley (Vocals, Guitar), Tony Dixon (Vocals, Guitar), Karl Byrne (Bass), Cormac Gould (Synths) and Bobby Reardon (Drums) are responsible for FUSS’ signature space-folk sound.
David Baddeley: said “We have been given quite a few labels, like dream pop, synth pop, psych. I don’t think we necessarily fit into any of them, but when everything is put together it can come off a bit psychedelic. I think that some of the sonic qualities of that genre are definitely there.”
FUSS, have but one track to their name and have just two gigs under their belt but already they’re living up to their name.
Melding West Coast guitar riffs which veer between Nuggets-era psychedelia and darker Brian Jonestown Massacre grooves with fizzing electronica they’re inescapably mining sounds from the past while sounding compelling new.
Better still, they’ve slipped into the burgeoning Liverpool [un]scene of rock and roll noise-makers including Sankofa, and The Vryll Society, Having impressed supporting much-hyped London band Ulrika Spacek at Parr Street’s Studio 2 earlier this month, they’re gearing up for more gigs and recording more music in the coming months.
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