INDIGOs

Between 1990 and 1992, the pendulum of rock music was swinging from the British shoegaze of MBV and Ride to the American grunge of Sonic Youth and Nirvana. In 2019, Bristol duo INDIGOs have decided to set the pendulum in the middle.

Let’s check out what Jack Croft and Sophia Barnes have been up to:

Rebirth

At the heart of this alternate reality is a great pop song. Croft and Barnes have an angelic vocal touch, even amidst the distortion. Breakdowns are hazy and guitar solos are dirty and infectious, various generations of BBC6 are set to be enthralled.

It's all in the colour It's all in the colour You're painting by numbers It's making me wonder whose finger you're under It's all in the makeup It's all in the makeup The way that you wake up You're saving face, you know the one that you made up Feel... Feel love It's all in the colour To love like a mother To look into blind eyes And narrate the sunrise Reveal the Rebirth Feel... Feel love Feel Feel love Fear not We've got the goods Fear not We got it

Breathe In

Leaning towards their love of grunge, the enthusiasm of the big riffs is inescapable. Not content to put out a solid rock number, they twist and turn it through their shoegaze prism and deliver Mercury Award level underdog.

Inhale Exhale Don't waste a thing Can you feel me? Go deep Within It tastes like Spring I can feel you Breathe In It could go either way It's supposed to be Fate I read The trees They sing to me I'm not crazy Birds with no wings Get good at running, at running, at running Breathe In Can you lend me a wing? I don't wanna have to steal again Weighing me down I'm going in circles again I'm so tired I'm so tired I'm so tired of running (Of running) (Running around again) Breathe In Breathe In

*Image courtesy of Gilbert Pillbrow