Minor Conflict

Emerging Bristol band MINOR CONFLICT create a unique combination of post-punk and post-folk using harp, bass, drums, trumpet, and synthesiser, underneath vocal lines that flit between the monotonous and the ethereal.

Comprising Natalie Whiteland (harp / vocals), Josh Smyth (bass / vocals) & Robbie Warin (trumpet / synths / percussion), their new EP ‘Parallels’ (out January 2025 via PRAH Recordings) elaborates on the artful lyricism and taut musicality of their debut 2023 EP ‘Bright Lights, Dead City’, revealing the refined idiosyncrasies of an inventive group intent on spreading their wings.

Minor Conflict’s discordant mix of twinkling harp, menacing lo-end strut and deadpan call and response turned heads at the beginning of 2022 on their debut single "Office Block". A snapshot of urban mundanity, the track revelled in the pull and push tension of Natalie Whiteland’s plucked strings and soaring backing vocals, alongside bassist Josh Smyth’s observational lyrics. It brought to mind agit-guitar contemporaries Squid and Pozi – they went onto share multiple stages with the former.