Fever // ‘Honesty’

Words: Sharc Bolan / @sharcbolan

  • Steve Lamaq has already given the b-side ‘Back For More’ a spin on his BBC Radio 6 show.
  • Keep an eye out for the rescheduled dates for their headline tour as well as shows supporting Stockport’s finest, Blossoms.
  • This is their latest single to be released under Blossoms’ record label, Very Clever Records.

It’s safe to say that these lads are becoming WTF? favourites, and this double release hammers that home even more! Not interested in fads or fashion, the five-piece create something that’s sonically caught slap-bang in the middle of a proverbial Venn Diagram containing Blur, Oasis, The Beatles and The Kinks – what more could you want!?

Resplendent in glorious and recognisable, indie-pop colours, yet burying itself deep into their listeners’ emotional bedrock with doe-eyed tenderness, the quintet’s deft, emotive, ‘boy-next-door’ songwriting reaches a new, air-punching peak. If you want some more insight into the conditions in which it was written, head over to the band’s Twitter to read their quick tête-à-tête with Paul Heaton (The Housemartins/The Beautiful South)…