Mouth Ulcers

Lady Rust

described by Anna C for Return To Sound

Yay! A goth revival! Does this mean goths are ‘in’ again, if they were ever ‘out’? With their suitably grim name, London four-piece, Mouth Ulcers, are playing Mutations Festival in Brighton this Friday. My friend has a spreadsheet colour-coded to plan which bands she wants to see. I think Mouth Ulcers are coded blue as in she wants to see them. And she isn’t remotely goth, which must mean here is a band that cross genres or she wants to get spooky ahead of Halloween. Because "Lady Rust" is about an ancient female vampire in an equally as ancient manor house, a vampire with her face in the sun probably causing it to melt, which makes it somewhat UBER Goth. What makes it darker still is the melodic basslines that hero worship The Cure and the chugging energy of Bauhaus, causing a flurry of trouser-rubbing delight in the UK music press.

Jamie Waters

With a back catalogue that, even in its infancy, is very atmospheric and impressive for a band that only formed about a year ago, Zak Watson’s deeply atmospheric vocal stands out as something different in the saturated alternative rock/indie mainstream listener fodder. This fact alone means that, when they release their debut LP ‘You’re not in Heaven’ in April next year, you must have your eyeliner and hairspray at the ready.

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Live Dates

16 OCT - SWN Festival, Cardiff (UK)

17 OCT - Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester (UK)

23 OCT - Mutations Festival, Brighton (UK)

24 OCT - Dark Scene @ Rae's, London (UK)

29 OCT - They’re Gonna Be Big Festival, Paris (FR)

30 OCT - Grenswerk, Venlo (NL)

31 OCT - London Calling Festival, Amsterdam (NL)

6 NOV - Kentish Town Forum, London w/ The Mission (UK)

7 NOV - The Warehouse, Leeds (UK)

18 NOV - The Hope And Ruin, Brighton (UK)

28 NOV - Post Punk Strikes Back Festival, Porto (PT)

8-11 JAN - Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis (UK)