Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks

From Exeter, UK
Recommended if you like Boyracer, the Promise Ring, Rites of Spring
Up next Little Bastard EP out now

It’s tempting to view any half-decent scene as either a magical happening or a simple quirk of geography and timing. In reality, they’re more like monuments to the importance of showing up. For that to continue to happen, you need bands like Pushbike. Rattling through four songs in well under 10 minutes, each crooked hook, euphoric yelp and cheesewire guitar lead on their Little Bastard EP feels like an invitation to form a band, draw a flyer, or book a show.

The trio – guitarist-vocalists George Gravell and Niall Ivie, alongside drummer Tom Grogan – are part of a Sarah Records-esque network orbiting Exeter’s Cavern venue, sustained in part by their own label, Spinning Sister, plus a smattering of zines and interlaced groups, from the wonkily brilliant powerpop outfit Bramwell to Ivie’s intriguing tape-hiss indie project Maeries.

Pushbike are a rowdier proposition, cribbing from the abrasive ambition of mid-80s Washington DC post-hardcore as much as the twee racket of Boyracer, with their insistent fuzz-pop melodies calling to mind midwest emo grandees the Promise Ring. On Little Bastard, they cross these streams on the fizzing Pure Hate, which builds towards a throat-stripping display of emotion, while I Am the Pilot’s mile-a-minute drums create an irresistible, almost reckless, sense of momentum. Similarly, the loud-quiet-loud rager Rainham Steel will make you want to stomp a distortion pedal through the floor. Be honest: what’s stopping you? Huw Baines

This week’s best new tracks

Uniiqu3 – Airplane Mode
Down your duty-free vodka, move your tray table to the upright position and party in the aisle: on the lead track from her newly announced debut album, the Jersey club ambassador turns air steward for this slamming peak-time slayer. BBT

fawn burke – we can’t pretend
A fizzy soda pop bop from the Los Angeles-based artist, vocalist, and songwriter that feels like the halfway point between a neon-streaked, hyperpopped Caroline Polachek and a big EDM head-knocker. MC

Lorenzo Senni – Art Life & Skateboarding (ft Chad Muska and Jamie Thomas)
The Italian trance postmodernist is the purveyor of the most intensely euphoric live set imaginable, but has been away for six years. This welcome return features more gorgeous synth compression, plus pro skaters pondering life. BBT

Star Moles – Born Again
Philadelphia’s Emily Moales follows her critically lauded Highway to Hell album with this new single, a beautifully off-kilter indie-pop gem that focuses lyrically on the overwhelm of big emotions. MC

Slayyyter – i think he’s got a girl
This year’s most likely to “do a Chappell Roan”, AKA upgrade from cult concern to bona fide pop superstar, returns with a chunky, guitar-slathered future live favourite anchored by a big, dumb throat-shredding chorus. MC

Peverelist – Wreck II
An absolutely addictive two-note electro motif propels this new one by the Bristol bass master, who keeps the dancefloor held down as a centrifugal whirl of sound thrums around it. BBT

The Cat’s Miaow – If You’re Lost, You Can Follow Me Home
Melbourne’s number one purveyors of elegantly crumpled jangle-pop return. Essentially 100 seconds of lilting guitar riffs and softly brushed drums, this latest single is a beautiful ode to those who care for the world’s lost strays. MC

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