Lazy Hunter

Chris and his brother Pete Gibson formed Lazy Hunter precisely to escape the rules which normally govern what indie artists should and shouldn't do. The resulting music recalls alt rock elder statesmen Radiohead and Talking Heads - wilfully bizarre, with melodic sensibility.

"We had been chasing success for a long time," says frontman Chris. "It was exhausting, we were constantly second-guessing everything, and it was affecting the music." So, burnt out and bored, they formed a band with no rules whatsoever: "You want a song in 13/8 time? Great! There's no-one here to tell us 'no.'"

From 2019 to 2021, they knuckled down to write. Gradually building a vault of off-kilter prog-inspired art rock, they quietly released two EPs in 2021. This was swiftly followed by mini-album Fast Track to the Peach Blossom Spring in 2022, the lead singles of which were positively reviewed in the blogosphere and caught the attention of BBC Introducing in Sheffield.

Their fearless musicality makes them one of the most exciting alternative artists in the UK underground scene right now, taking on the challenge of independently writing, recording and releasing a full-length album in 2023. New single Ritual is out now.