Wild Cat Strike

Wild Cat Strike create a noisy-beautiful brand of alternative rock, brimming with post-rock and folk influences.

Gigging since 2012, this Brighton based four-piece have developed into a formidable outfit, touring the UK festival circuit and throughout Europe, on the back of a series of critically lauded releases on the Small Pond label.

With a visceral yet nuanced vocal style, frontman, guitarist and songwriter <a href="spotify:artist:0fBB1PgFH6NQivgmg3ORHu" data-name="Daniel God Damn Byrom">Daniel God Damn Byrom</a> finds influence between <a href="spotify:artist:5o206eFLx38glA2bb4zqIU" data-name="Bright Eyes">Bright Eyes</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3F8lOwDiDfocMHdEorwWWH" data-name="Charles Bukowski">Charles Bukowski</a>. Max Boughen (guitar), Chris Whitehorn (bass) and Antoine Mansion (drums) complete the immersive sonic backdrop. As personal and lyrically charged as ever, their songs find Byrom ruminating on life, death and memory, painting a sad and candid landscape shot through with glimpses of light.

Whereas their first EP <a href="spotify:album:6cwn6wdr3kEJlvY0HfZ4bY" data-name="I Want to Be the White That Sleeps Inside Your Bones">I Want to Be the White That Sleeps Inside Your Bones</a> boasted huge instrumental soundscapes, with songs averaging 8 minutes in length, recent Wild Cat Strike works are concentrated into succinct and arresting songs that hook hard on the heartstrings, demanding repeat listens as they criss-cross in and out of chaos. The band bring their folk influences to the fore through acoustic oriented reimaginings, reworking their debut album <a href="spotify:album:6lPTIUZXeEYSz2ORXkTwmM" data-name="Rhubarb Nostalgia">Rhubarb Nostalgia</a> on <a href="spotify:album:17SoWPOaBQBVFQVumOONeq" data-name="The Blood Orange Sessions">The Blood Orange Sessions</a>, and expanding the <a href="spotify:album:6KEpIPVcLL6z8WoLKayrDN" data-name="Mustard Coloured Years">Mustard Coloured Years</a> EP with <a href="spotify:album:5ThkzPoxKQhWuihJEGBqq5" data-name="The Red Brake Light Sky Sessions">The Red Brake Light Sky Sessions</a>. Here showcasing a more introspective side to their diverse, chameleonic indie pop.