It’s been a white hot minute since we last caught up with Winter Gardens, but the English band’s sonic racket is always difficult to ignore. Earlier this month the quartet unleashed a searing new tune called “U/U,” part of the Brighton collective’s forthcoming Uncomfortable/Unlovable 12-inch that’s out early next year via Austerity Records. The ‘gazing and propulsive “U/U” is a hurricane of a track, a swirling torrent of aural magnetism that holds up as we head towards Best of 2024 season as one of the finest of this uneven year. “‘U/U’ tackles the daily struggle,” the band declares, “of incessant self-doubt & not feeling worthy of reward creating internal conflict around not being capable or good enough for the standards and expectations we assume others have of us.” Crank it to the heavens below.
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