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Blush Club

city: Glasgow
country: UK
genre: Rock
styles: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Indie, Alternative

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Ornamental Ponds

out on September 16, 2022

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Glasgow’s Blush Club hit out with pop tinged post punk charmer of an EP Ornamental Ponds, following on from the single of the same name.

The EP sees the five-piece with a new swagger and confidence, growing together as a band, honing their skills with the catchy lockdown commentary of single ‘Ornamental Ponds’, through angular upcoming single ‘Spices’, which takes a slower pace as vocalist Hamish Swanson weaves a fictitious letter dialogue.

‘Different Reason Why’ and ‘I’m Not An Artist’ add an assured groove to their guitar pop as Swanson goes full in on his poignant poetic social narration with a witty edge that compliments the band’s buoyant post punk sound.

Blush Club formed in Glasgow (via Aberdeen and Perth) when Conor Heafey (guitar) and Cameron Gibb (drums) shared a bill with the Swanson fronted The Vignettes at King Tut’s and were taken by his abilities as a frontman, from there they recruiting Craig Carrington-Porter (bass) and Phil Smith (guitar) to complete the line up.

Coming from a back an alternative / rock background, Blush Club draw from their shared influences and tastes to create something with a more guitar driven post punk sound, but with their own fun spin on it as the band’s pop sensibilities and sophisticated observations shine through.

Hamish Swanson: “It's Blush Club post COVID. It's us reemerging into the world. This is us growing out of the songs we wrote before. We had a whole lot more time before writing these songs, so there's that confidence in each other that maybe we didn't have the same way before.”

Cameron Gibb: “When the last EP was coming out, we were desperate to keep moving forward. That allowed us to explore what we can sound like, be more sophisticated and confident. It might not sound exactly like what's popular, but it's our own thing. We've got something we enjoy and have gone full beans into it.”

Conor Heafey: “I was listening to quite a lot of new bands that are more post punky, that shines through a lot especially in tracks like ‘Spices’. The sound of the last record I really enjoyed, I wanted to triangulate that in the making of this EP”

[Rave Child PR]