Debut single from MUTE TV

Coming out of Bath in the south west of the UK, newcomers MUTE TV land with the explosive energy that feels like a sudden collision. Formed last year, the trio work in the space where post punk abrasion, noise pop atmosphere, shoegaze haze and alternative rock energy all melt together into something volatile and strangely addictive. Their music revolves around contradiction; noisy love songs that wrestle with joy, despair and desperation all at once, deftly balancing melody against sonic chaos.

Driving the project are three musicians whose combined experience gives the band an instnat chemistry with Tim James on lead vocals and bass, Joe Mountain on guitar and vocals and Ade Poole on drums and additional vocals. Together, they create songs that seem to flicker between controlled structure and collapse, forged by emotional tension as much as sonic force.

Within their fiercely original sound, guitars scrape and swell, rhythms charge forward with relentless momentum and melodies emerge through walls of distortion like transmission slicing through static. Now, that energy arrives fully formed on their debut single titled “Drag Me Down,” released through the Medical Grade Music imprint. It’s an emphatic opening statement that throws listeners directly into MUTE TV’s world of biting guitars, emotional volatility and controlled noise, marking the trio as a must watch band in the UK’s alternative rock music sphere.

Recorded live at The Heavy’s studio within the Real World Studios complex founded by Peter Gabriel, the track distils the band’s magnetic performance energy into a potent two and a half minute dose of angsty alternative rock. That decision to record live preserves the friction and unpredictability that give the band their edge. Engineered by Chris Ellul of The Heavy, every crunch of guitar line and crash of drums captures the grit at the heart of the band’s sound.

Opened by the swell of feedback, the track launches into a charging tirade of splashing drums, pulsing bass lines and lively guitar riffs before Tim’s expressive vocals usher in the first verse. Rolling with the steady punch of drums and stacks of fuzzy guitars, the track surges into a gripping chorus where belted vocal lines ring out above the storming arrangement to deliver an anthemic slice of punk-inflected rock music.

Rising to an engrossing bridge where hazy guitar leads cut through the absorbing wall of noise, the track concludes with a burst of ferocious noise to leave a lasting impression of MUTE TV’s sensational debut outing. “Drag Me Down” sees the group stepping into view fully intact, armed with energy, volume and unique vision, firmly planting themselves on the map of exciting new rock bands on the rise.

Commenting on the single, they offer, “We wanted to capture the song exactly as it feels when we play it live, tense, loud and right on the edge. Recording it that way meant nothing got smoothed out, and that was important to us.”

Listen to Drag Me Down below

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