“Heaven is this place” croons Midding singer Joe Woodward, enigmatic and barely audible beneath layers and layers of sludgy beats, mesmerizing keyboards and possibly some guitar (we can’t hear any but he’s strumming on one in the video so we suspect it’s in the mix there somewhere), doling out celestial overtones to some already intensely other-worldly, shoegaze artistry.
The Cardiff-based quartet formerly known as Clwb Fuzz maintain the lo-fi grunge melody of their prior incarnation on ‘And Then, They Sing’, along with earlier single ‘Anything (Until You Sleep)’ but, frisky under their new moniker, the easy tunes are trapped behind the smoky glass of some gorgeously unsettling, hazy, apocalyptic production.
‘And Then, They Sing’ was released at the tail end of 2023, on 8th December. You can find it on all of the streaming services now. Or, if you’re more of a visual kinda guy or gal, you can take a watch of the video on the YouTube link below: