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Lyerr have beautifully lit up the UK seaside towns we all know and love so well. Nudging the 2p arcade machines when no one is looking and dodging thuggish seagulls with a bag of nuclear hot chips is a rite of passage for us all. Through Ryan Johnson and Sam Greene’s angelic and anthemic guitars, they recreate the carefree spirit a promenade can whip up in the British soul
Not the most astute of social observations a band has ever made but, it’s the heart the song emits where its talent truly lies. The key change in the guitars is ‘Don’t Look Back Into Sun’ written by Noel Gallagher it sounds so all-encompassing.
The track culminates in a moment of indie-rock brilliance as Johnson decrees his time has passed, tinged with melancholy but only momentarily. It passes as he conjures images of new faces massing on shores to repeat the ritual. It’s a sense of giving, passing the cultural baton songwriters just don’t possess. So often it’s about their time in the sun, which briefly this is but, as it skips on to the future generations dancing and drinking in the cultural mainstay of a Southend, Whitby, or Barry the poignancy is tear-inducing.
It's easy to see why Andy Bell dubbed them ‘Manchester’s best new band’ back in 2019.