“suffocating, surreal, grotty and gorgeous” The Line of Best Fit
“their capricious sound regularly strays far from centre” Loud & Quiet
‘Gloss’ generates an unnerving atmosphere-the quartet’s trademark restrained guitar beds are accompanied by a new element, tension-spiking discordant violin and cello drones, from Felix Stephens (Jockstrap, Famous, Geordie Greep) and Lottie Pendelbury (Goat Girl). Vocalist Ned Greentalk-sings a breathy soliloquy, before the track shifts gears as quasi-mettalic riffs kick in. This isn’t the quiet-then-loud optimism of the 90s-rather the uncanny perception whiplash of a lucid nightmare.
On the new single’s origins, the band say: “Gloss came out of a doomed trip to France at the start of a new wave of writing for us. It feels like a bridge between what we were and what we are now, as a band and as individuals, high and low.”
Whilst remaining left field in spirit, there is a musical vulnerability to the latest iteration of Legss, and a newfound pop sensibility to their writing, which reflects a move to a more accessible sound. There is a security in inaccessibility, and shedding this cloak opens the band up to an earnestness at once exciting and nerve-wracking. Twinned with their signature world-building aesthetic, the new direction is reflected sonically by drummer Louis Grace, who co-produced the single with Balazs Altsach (Ugly, Katy J Pearson, Broadside Hacks)-set to be distributed by The state 51 Conspiracy.
“Legss are one of the most underrated acts to grace the British musical landscape today” So Young Magazine
“Mordant, unsparing and droll-brilliant band” The Sunday Times
“Part of the post-Brexit new wave” NPR
“utterly unhinged ”The Quietus
“biting art-rock” DIY
