For Cassels, music is about authenticity and in Epithet, their debut full-length LP, they’ve got it in spades. Fuelled by the injustices of everything from modern society to the hypocrisy of small town England, they are young, driven and vastly intelligent, refreshingly unafraid to shatter the status quo.

They’re antagonistic and brash, but more importantly, they challenge the norm, both musically and lyrically. If you’re after something simple, pedestrian and safe this isn’t the record for you. But for those of you who like their music challenging, unpredictable and with lots to say, then Cassels might just be your new favourite band.

On the 1st August, the band released two singles on the same day – ‘Coup’ and ‘Let’ via Upset and Dork Magazine (online). They are also the subject of a feature length documentary by French film maker Rodrigue Huart. The film is due to be released worldwide in September.

The album launches 6th October. There are two album launch shows the weekend of the launch in Oxford and London (supported by Youth Man).

Previously, the hotly tipped London duo, have picked up praise and coverage from the likes of NME, BBC Radio 1, 6 Music and Channel 4, as well as Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood. As Punktastic puts it, ‘there’s little emerging from the British underground that comes close to mirroring Cassels’ style. They have also been played on BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio amonst others.

‘They’ve shared stages with the likes of Self Defense Family, Johnny Foreigner, Tall Ships, Car Seat Headrest and Beach Slang and are toured with Meat Wave earlier in the year. They are set to tour the UK with Canadian punks, Single Mothers in November.