pyncher – Oh Boy
Manchester four-piece pyncher have a new single out ahead of their forthcoming EP I Really Mean It This Time, due June 19 on Heist or Hit, and “Oh Boy” wastes no time making its case. The track opens on a thick, fuzzy riff that arrives with a particular kind of confidence: not flashy, just heavy and deliberate, built to sit in your head. Beneath it, the rhythm section locks in hard. Producer Alex Greaves recorded it at The Nave in Leeds, and the room sound feels like a feature rather than an accident.
The band is Sam Blakeley on vocals, Harvey O’Toole on guitar, Brittany Dewhurst on bass, and Jack Rainbow on drums, all three of the latter sharing backing vocal duties. Blakeley’s delivery on “Oh Boy” is direct, a little curled at the edges, and the opening line, “I’m just a big fat loser with my head sticking over the fence”, lands exactly as bluntly as it reads. He describes the song as being about feelings he can’t fully articulate: “I feel disconnected from people a lot, and it’s about the cyclical patterns that can come from being unable to communicate properly.” The track doesn’t try to resolve that tension so much as inhabit it, which is probably the right call.
I Really Mean It This Time follows the band’s debut EP Every Town Needs a Stranger, and pyncher sit comfortably in Manchester’s current clutch of guitar bands alongside Westside Cowboy, TTSSFU, and Martial Arts. That’s decent company to be keeping.
I Really Mean It This Time EP (June 19, Heist or Hit)
Upcoming dates:
- Jun. 6 / Stockton, UK / Munro Festival
- Jun. 19 / London, UK / Shacklewell Arms (EP release show)
- Sep. 27 / Stockton, UK / The Gathering Sounds Festival
- Oct. 23 / Rotterdam, NL / Left of the Dial Festival (with The Sophs)
- Oct. 24 / Rotterdam, NL / Left of the Dial Festival (with The Sophs)
