"I am hoovering up the dust / From last week’s activities / And I’m wondering about the moths / Do they wanna hang with me? / And you are gathering the crops / Upon which survival depends / You were my favourite bag of rocks / And I’m finally on the mend..."
The furious sadness and emotional resurrection of "Moths" by Brighton and Hove (UK) based Superfriends, from their debut album "King Of The Moths", begins at a frenetic jammy pace, candid and raw until it dissolves into a kind of beautifully forlorn resolution. The kinetic power is expressed with pretty clean guitars, rousing organ like sounds, driving bass lines and rushing 'out of breath' drumming as a potent framework for Harry Atkinson's vocal countenance that at once feels grounded in sincerity like a good friend confiding in you. The lyrics are totally relatable and while naked also leave room for interpretation and in this way, the pain / angst feel like a communal mirror.
"I don’t wanna be a person anymore / Someone tell me how to turn this thing off / Only had four minor breakdowns today / Guess I earned my license to cry..."
When the tonal shift happens, expressed in a stark time signature change, running synths orchestrations and somber jangle pop guitar rhythms there is a sense of relief, a reprise and the color of normalcy (or something close) rushing into your cheeks.
The tenderness is easy to swallow whole, a sort of lighthouse moment. One that might bring back your own memories of that feeling whether is was years ago or last week.
"I’m hanging with the moths and my thoughts
I’m hanging with the moths and my thoughtsI’m hanging with the moths and my thoughts
I’m hanging with the moths and my thoughts..."
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[Superfriends began in the childhood bedrooms of Harry Atkinson and Jake Hughes, two school friends who, after years of moshing together at DIY gigs, looked up at the stage and thought “Hey, I bet we could do that!”
Several line-up changes and much growing up later, the full band is rounded out by Matt Johnson and Mark Riley. After a string of singles and EPs (and a Netflix feature!), their debut album King Of The Moths finally lands in summer 2026.
Superfriends have never been shy about wearing their feelings on their sleeves. Their big and bright punk songs, sounding somewhere between Jeff Rosenstock and The Mountain Goats, will hit you like a joyous shot in the arm! They tackle such themes as friendship, identity, and just having a really great time with your pals.
King Of The Moths is the sound of a band metamorphosing into something older, tougher, weirder.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_sPVkSEXIn2f7jbXwy-ng
https://superfriendstheband.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-the-moths
https://www.instagram.com/superfriendstheband/
https://www.facebook.com/superfriendstheband
https://x.com/superfriendsUK
https://www.songkick.com/artists/9749709-superfriends-uk
Superfriends began in the childhood bedrooms of Harry Atkinson and Jake Hughes, two school friends who, after years of moshing together at DIY gigs, looked up at the stage and thought “Hey, I bet we could do that!”
Several line-up changes and much growing up later, the full band is rounded out by Matt Johnson and Mark Riley. After a string of singles and EPs (and a Netflix feature!), their debut album King Of The Moths finally lands in summer 2026.
Superfriends have never been shy about wearing their feelings on their sleeves. Their big and bright punk songs, sounding somewhere between Jeff Rosenstock and The Mountain Goats, will hit you like a joyous shot in the arm! They tackle such themes as friendship, identity, and just having a really great time with your pals.
King Of The Moths is the sound of a band metamorphosing into something older, tougher, weirder.
A decidedly darker set of songs than the band’s previous work, the album tells stories of endings, new beginnings, and finally growing up in your 30s. Along the way you’ll find office dreamers, villainous landlords, ancient creatures, and a hell of a lot of moths.
Music aside, the King Of The Moths is also a guy. I know - I’ve met him.
He is the chaos of modern life, that never-ending buzz in your head, and that pile of junk decaying in the corner that everyone forgot about.
Superfriends invite you to pupate, and to emerge with them on the other side feeling lighter and brighter.
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_sPVkSEXIn2f7jbXwy-ng
https://superfriendstheband.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-the-moths
https://www.instagram.com/superfriendstheband/
https://www.facebook.com/superfriendstheband
https://x.com/superfriendsUK
https://www.songkick.com/artists/9749709-superfriends-uk
Superfriends began in the childhood bedrooms of Harry Atkinson and Jake Hughes, two school friends who, after years of moshing together at DIY gigs, looked up at the stage and thought “Hey, I bet we could do that!”
Several line-up changes and much growing up later, the full band is rounded out by Matt Johnson and Mark Riley. After a string of singles and EPs (and a Netflix feature!), their debut album King Of The Moths finally lands in summer 2026.
Superfriends have never been shy about wearing their feelings on their sleeves. Their big and bright punk songs, sounding somewhere between Jeff Rosenstock and The Mountain Goats, will hit you like a joyous shot in the arm! They tackle such themes as friendship, identity, and just having a really great time with your pals.
King Of The Moths is the sound of a band metamorphosing into something older, tougher, weirder.
A decidedly darker set of songs than the band’s previous work, the album tells stories of endings, new beginnings, and finally growing up in your 30s. Along the way you’ll find office dreamers, villainous landlords, ancient creatures, and a hell of a lot of moths.
Music aside, the King Of The Moths is also a guy. I know - I’ve met him.
He is the chaos of modern life, that never-ending buzz in your head, and that pile of junk decaying in the corner that everyone forgot about.
Superfriends invite you to pupate, and to emerge with them on the other side feeling lighter and brighter.
Superfriends, emopunk, alt rock, indie rock, Debut album "King Of The Moths", Brighton and HOVE (UK), frenetic energy, angst, emotional, beautifully forlorn, melancholia, Harry Atkinson lead vocalist, "Moths" single,
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