Local favourites // Novella

A Google of 'Novella' may confuse the lazy among you into thinking that London's Novella is also in fact Finland's Novella, or perhaps Christian rock band from the early 90s. They're not.

This Novella has been knocking around London support slots for a while, but their recent superb trio of Sonic Youth / Teenage Fanclub influenced tracks is the best the band has produced yet, each descending into grinding jams swamped in fuzzy feedback with dreamily laissez faire vocals.

Alongside Warm Brains, Not Cool, Male Bonding, Gross Magic, Yuck, Colours, Weird Dreams, Sauna Youth among others, London isn't exactly wanting for lo-fi talent, however the tracks below suggest Novella is more than able of joining the party. Catch them at 1234 in a few weeks.

The Things You Do by Novella.
Oh Brian by Novella.
Beach Fatigue by Novella.

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Gross Magic // Sweetest Touch

Hailing from a film course at Varndean, the rival college to my very own BHASVIC, Brighton's Sam McGarrigle has been making lo-fi waves for a while first via feedback drenched noise rock as Hocus Tocus, and now with a more melodic yet equally unhinged grunge as Gross Magic.

We're not sure how he found his way alone and loveless to the woods in this vid for Sweetest Touch, lifted from his debut EP Teen Jamz, but the riff and waft of hair are classic Cobain. Pick up the rest of the EP at his Bandcamp, or listen below.


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