Bride are a five-piece hailing from Inverclyde in Scotland. Charlie McQueen(Guitar)and Aedan McVey (Guitar) formed the band in 2021 over a shared love of Joy Division. The line-up is completed by Lewis Rorrison (Drums), Luke Harkins (Bass), and Caragh Power (singer).
*image courtesy of Keira Taylor aka @taylorvisualss
Let’s see what they have been up to:
Paralysis
Combining the raw strident power of Wolf Alice and the beguiling shoegaze of early Ride and MBV, Bride is on the edge of something genuinely unique here. Punk’s instantaneous hit of feeling and shoegaze’s exploratory nature quite possibly conjure an era-defining moment for guitar music.
Tuesday Nights
A solemn lo-fi intro manoeuvres into Power’s elegant vocal and sumptuous moonlit guitars to conjure a forlorn, unloved protagonist. As the tortured soul reminisces (“cigarettes are all that reminded me of you”), a beauty not seen since the Cocteau Twins emerges to heal the wounds.