Brighton (UK) alternative rockers Wild Cat Strike cast art rock imagery in Stereo on "Toothcutter" (Official Video)

AP Track Reviews

Toothcutter by Brighton (UK) four piece alternative rockers Wild Cat Strike is a big audacious rocker stirring in art rock and blues rock tones. I love the driving guitar, dirty keys down beats (Fender Rhodes or Farfisa me thinks?), wandering big bass snaking around, slamming drums and Danny Byrom's exasperated blood red throated vox. The urgency and sort of major / minor tones with divergent edges made me think of Modest Mouse a bit and So Cal's (defunct) Chrystal Antlers. There is a truly elegant thing happening within the post art rock mayhem.

“Toothcutter is about self-fulfilling prophecies and whether situations can be changed or if we just follow the predetermined route, and accepting your struggles as just part of the plan; the big picture.”

The Offical Video for Toothcutter is full of stereo imagery and ghosts a plenty. 

Wild Cat Strike is Danny Byrom, Max Boughen, Joe Caple and Chris Whitehorn. 

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Robb Donker




THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Following a successful UK headline tour and ArcTanGent Festival appearance earlier this Autumn, Brighton four-piece Wild Cat Strike are pleased to reveal the video for their new single ‘Toothcutter’, which is released 19th November 2019 via Small Pond Records.

Commenting on the track, the band say: “Toothcutter is about self-fulfilling prophecies and whether situations can be changed or if we just follow the predetermined route, and accepting your struggles as just part of the plan; the big picture.”

The band head out on another run of November 2019 UK headline tour Natalie Evans (see below for full listings).

Prior to the new single, the band most recently released their The Blood Orange Sessions EP via Small Pond Recordings. Featuring exclusive live sessions, reimaginings, and alternate versions of tracks from their full-length debut Rhubarb Nostalgia (out now), the EP is a beautifully packaged treat for fans both old and new that shows a softer and more introspective side to their diverse, chameleonic indie pop.

Wild Cat Strike gained high profile early support late last year from the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, Radcliffe & Maconie (BBC 6Music), CLASH and DORK. Channelling their gleeful sense of cacophony and flair for sonic abrasion into an engrossing record of off-kilter indie pop songs that hook hard on the heartstrings as they crisscross in and out of chaos, they developed their formidable sound via a slew of live shows (including sets at 2000 Trees and Y Not Festival, and support shows for the likes of The Xcerts and LIRR). 

The Blood Orange Sessions EP is out now via Small Pond Recordings