Water Machine

Flooding out of Glasgow, Scotland in 2022, Water Machine has gained a reputation for their weird and wonky art-punk, winning hearts with sing-along songs about dogs, struggling artists and the housing crisis. A band with pop sensibilities and indignant punk urgency, these oddballs dart from sweet C86 to spiky post-punk, often within a single song. Taking influence from everywhere - from LiLiPUT to The Pastels - tunes are always on the verge of falling apart or breaking down.

With a self-titled demo tape on local DIY stalwarts Gold Mold Records and the “Raw Liquid Power” EP - via legends of the leftfield Upset the Rhythm - WM have already made fans out of Henry Rollins and Marc Riley. 2023 saw them tour the UK, stopping in Salford for a BBC Radio 6 Music live session.

Founding members vocalist Hando Morice (they/them), bassist Flore de Hoog (she/her) and guitarist Jimmy Gage (he/him) are familiar faces from far flung corners of the Glasgow DIY scene - from hardcore to synth-pop. Now perpetually propelled by drummer Nicky Duncan (he/him), Water Machine distils the disjointed into something new. They get under your skin, they are water ingress penetrating the walls of your flat. Your landlord can’t paint over them and you can’t get them out of your head. The cogs keep turning and you’ve got to stay hydrated.