Piano Wire

“an invigorating blend of QOTSA swagger + piercing post-punk” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT

Piano Wire are the new band from Sym and Andy, still smouldering from the wreckage of Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster’s final uncontrolled detonation. Sean and Tim fill out the four here and balance the scales.

The band have been tipped by The Quietus, Clash, Radio 1, Xfm, 6Music, Artrocker, DrownedInSound, The Line Of Best Fit and more.

Their “excellent debut” record, The Genius Of The Crowd, a “lurid post-punk gem”, packs in 8 great songs in under 24 minutes, thrilling and shaking from the off with the “delicious pop-tinged rock-threat” of I’ll Kill You’s 136 seconds of breathless escape. It balances the shaking and helpless Are You The Vaccine? and Into The Orchid

“conjuring up a veritable shitstorm” with the Elliot Smith-y melodic wordplay of Blue Canyon Eyes‘ beautifully scarred vistas and the dizzy swaggering of Fossils and Superstar. "a lurid post-punk gem. The imagination of The Cramps bolted onto a uniquely British chassis" - CLASH

“delicious pop-tinged rock-threat, I’ll Kill You... something for shouting along to as summer saunters into frame” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT “conjuring up a veritable shitstorm....traces of Husker Du....the most primal moments of SST Records” DROWNEDINSOUND

“It’s made up of jagged, messed up, wirey guitars and helter skelter drums and, of course, it’s brilliant“ ARTROCKER

“an invigorating blend of dead-eyed QOTSA swagger and piercing post-punk” THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“something different and special” THIS YEAR IN MUSIC

“one of the most COMPLETE upcoming bands at the moment, and they’re one of the bands you should ALL listen to” VAPOUR TRAIL