View basket “BASILISK” has been added to your basket. Bird Ex People SKU: NHSLP020 Barcode: 5055869504478 14.00 £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: New Heavy Sounds Released Date: 19th May 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info LP on limited edition red and black vinyl. New Heavy Sounds is pleased to announce our latest signings, stoner sludge four-piece Ex People. Emerging from the London DIY scene, vocalist Laura and drummer Vicki first met playing in series of riot grrrl and noise bands, before forming Ex People in 2015 with guitarist Calum and bassist Ed. Since then, the quartet have gone on to share stages with the likes of Palehorse, Lower Slaughter, Torpor, and Church of the Cosmic Skull. The band self-released a digital single “Without/Surekill” in late 2016, which was championed by Terrorizer, Echoes and Dust and The Sludgelord as well as picking up airplay on stations including WFMU and Resonance FM. Ex People also also wrote and released a video for Without, directed by DIY filmmaker Jojo Khor, about a teenage runaway joining an all-female cult led by the band’s singer, Laura. Now for NHS, the band have delivered a bruisingly assured debut album. ‘Bird’ was recorded with Wayne Adams (Vodun, USA Nails, Death Pedals, Casual Nun) at Bear Bites Horse Studios, and he’s managed to perfectly capture the visceral weight of their sound, a startling amalgam of super filthy fuzz thick riffs, grunge, noise rock and stoner, combined with a punk attitude. Taking their cue from bands as diverse as Electric Wizard, Bardo Pond, Harvey Milk and Kylesa, along with 90s sludge such as the Melvins (yet still managing to sound cohesive) the ten tracks that make up ‘Bird’, combine stoner hooks and soaring vocals with a crushing heaviness. Add to that some thumping motorik beats (almost like a heavy ‘Neu’ at times), shot through with an ever-present melodic sensibility, and you have a band that once again shows that when it comes to heavy music, all gates are open. Lyrically Laura draws on apocalyptic and dystopian themes, with “Over” telling the story of a planet colliding with the earth, sung over a driving, crunching circular riff. Other tracks tackle real-world horror, with “The Host” about a woman and child escaping domestic violence, and opening track “Not a Drill” calling for resistance against oppressive regimes. And album closer ‘Crested’ is as dark as it gets, 8 minutes of full on doom meets discord, combining the atmospherics of Windhand with the slowed down hardcore of My War-era Black Flag. ‘Bird’ is gloriously heavy, fuzzed up yet melodic, at times bleak and thrilling as it is infectious. It’s a bold statement of intent, and we are stoked to add Ex People to the NHS roster. Artist Ex People Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label New Heavy Sounds Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1 Not a Drill 2 Without 3 Over 4 Dread 5 The Host 6 Complainer 7 You Creep 8 Erlenmeyer 9 Surekill 10 Crested Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Vaselines, The The Way of the Vaselines Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 2LP Released 8th September 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vaselines, The The Way of the Vaselines £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP145LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Toe Our Latest Number Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Topshelf | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th April 2024 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Toe Our Latest Number £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Topshelf SKU: LPTSR196C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Menace Beach Lemon Memory Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Memphis Industries | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th January 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Menace Beach Lemon Memory £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Memphis Industries SKU: MI0432LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Preoccupations Arrangements Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | PREOCCUPATIONS | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th October 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Preoccupations Arrangements £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: PREOCCUPATIONS SKU: LPPRE001C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ex Eye Ex Eye Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Relapse | 1LP Released 23rd June 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ex Eye Ex Eye £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Relapse SKU: 0781676738519 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rolo Tomassi The BBC Sessions Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Holy Roar | 10", EP/Mini Album Released 1st June 2016 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rolo Tomassi The BBC Sessions £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Holy Roar SKU: HRR156V Formats: 10", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 1st June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pixies Come On Pilgrim Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | 4AD | 1LP Released 13th September 2004 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pixies Come On Pilgrim £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: 4AD SKU: MAD709 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th September 2004 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Southern Culture On The Skids Countrypolitan Favorites Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Yep Roc | 1LP Released 7th February 2023 £40.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Southern Culture On The Skids Countrypolitan Favorites £40.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Yep Roc SKU: nn257532 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th February 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ancient Shapes A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | You Changed Records | 1LP Released 25th October 2019 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ancient Shapes A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: You Changed Records SKU: LPYC042 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Bodega Broken Equipment Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Whats Your Rupture? | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bodega Broken Equipment £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Whats Your Rupture? 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