RINGARDS’ scuzzed riot between alt-punk performance and pandemonium –

If you like music to bruise when it hits, you won’t be reaching for the remote to switch the channel with the hypersonically scuzzed alt-punk single, Glasgow Television, from RINGARDS.

For anyone sick of the posturing of IDLES and the insinuation that Yungblud represents the future of alternative music, Glasgow Television hits like a knuckled rebuke. The track howls with barbed visceralism, the kind that leaves you feeling slightly unclean for listening; it’s the kind of filth that feels alive. You can almost sense the floor of a basement venue vibrating beneath you, beer-sticky and sweat-drenched, as your brain takes a pounding from the bruising barrage of distorted guitars and punch-drunk percussion. RINGARDS hit the perfect equilibrium between sardonically deadpan and chaotically unhinged, as Enzo’s vocals detonate through the monolithic instrumentals with venomous swagger.

Sitting somewhere in the static between alt-rock and post-punk, where art punk flickers and indie rock still draws breath, RINGARDS’ sound is both a callback and a confrontation. Their live shows have earned them a reputation for performance verging on pandemonium, and with their debut album already recorded, they’re poised to unleash their snarled sermons on a wider scale.

The French-born frontman Enzo, once a production fixer in LA, jamming with Irish bassist Gary after a fateful “Join My Band” post quickly spiralled into something more ungovernable when Jasper, Noah, Will, and Albi joined the fold, each dragging a different shade of chaos into the sound.

Glasgow Television is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast