Six Eight’s title observe from their freshly launched Emperors of Ache EP is an unforgiving fuzz-drenched inferno that scorches with unrelenting distortion and snarling, sardonic vocal venom. This various rock trio—fashioned in 2023 and straddling Sweden and the UK stepped into the no-wave enviornment and floor it underfoot, mixing storage rock tones with grunge-soaked abrasion.
Darren Lynch (bass, vocals), Cormac Stokes (drums, vocals), and Pete Uglow (guitar, piano, vocals) are not any strangers to capturing visceral chaos. Their first album, World Isn’t Ending, recorded at Brighton’s Third Circle Recordings, was an eclectic storm of reflective piano-driven darkness, Conflict-inspired rawness, and Dinosaur Jr-style crunch. On Emperors of Ache, the trio amplifies their sonic ferocity whereas tethering their sound to private and political undercurrents.
Hardly ever content material to tread softly, Six Eight revels in jagged hooks and a guttural vitality that thrives on dynamism. The 5 tracks on the EP carve by themes of corruption, lies, and digital despair, tempered solely by glimpses of hope rooted in friendship and dedication. On the title observe, the band’s feral depth collides with moments of cautious, nearly sinister, restraint, proving their capacity to twist chaos into one thing magnetic.
The brand new revolution in alt-rock begins right here. Dive in on Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
