Abattoir Blues take their name from a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds track, and it's by any standards an imposing moniker.
So the Brighton newcomers have set their stall out quickly, have set their standards high. Fusing post-hardcore to post-punk, jet black noize to enormous presence, they seem to make good on these promises.
Debut single 'Sense' – part of a twin-sided release – is all passion and intensity, tension and release, worth comparing to Girl Band, The Birthday Party, or even Killing Joke.
Singer Harry Waugh explains: “A fundamental theme of the song is desperately trying to find clarity or rationality and both of those things feeling completely alien”.
Out on November 4th via Cannibal Hymns, you can tune in below.
Catch Abattoir Blues at the following shows:
September
21 Bristol The Globe w/ Dilly Dally
22 London Scala w/ Dilly Dally
November
2 Liverpool Arts Loft (Liverpool Music Week) w/ Kagoule
24 London Kamio (Great Escape First 50)