MOULD – Lucid
MOULD are a Bristol trio: Joe Sherrin on vocals and guitar, Kane Eagle on vocals and bass, James Luxton on drums. “Lucid” is their latest single ahead of their debut album Hoping As A Coping Mechanism, out July 10 via 5dB Records. It premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music via Huw Stephens, following previous singles Float (W46), Falling Posture (W08) and “Lists”, all of which landed similar support from the station.
Produced by Sean Oakley at 5dB Studios in London, the track sits where MOULD do their best work: jagged riffs, pounding rhythms, and a vocal that cuts through the fuzz without softening it. Post-punk is a crowded place right now, but “Lucid” earns its space because it moves. The aggression and the melody don’t fight each other, they pull in the same direction, and the result has a momentum that’s hard to shake off. Sherrin describes the lyric as being about suppression, about holding back what you want to say or do, with the last line “there’s more to life than stability” doing the work of cutting through that anxiety and telling the worrying voice in the song to pack it in. The album, 13 tracks recorded in Bristol and London, is described by the band as “our strongest batch to date”, and “Lucid” makes that easy to believe.
A UK headline tour follows the July release, with dates running through October.
Tour Dates UK:
- Jun 14 — Donington — Download Festival
- Jul 04 — Bristol — Paint By Numbers Festival
- Jul 05 — Nottingham — Paint By Numbers Festival
- Oct 16 — Brighton — Green Door Store
- Oct 21 — London — Oslo Hackney
- Oct 22 — Manchester — YES Basement
- Oct 23 — Leeds — Oporto
- Oct 24 — Birmingham — Sunflower Lounge
- Oct 28 — Southampton — Joiners
- Oct 29 — Bristol — Thekla
- Oct 30 — Nottingham — Bodega
