Bursting out of the Stockport scene is The Maddocks and today sees them drop their frantic new cut, "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things".
The single actually acts as their debut, and flip me like an egg this is good. As far as debut singles go they usually are the best as the band has not got anything to compare themselves to, and as far as I'm concerned there's no pressure either.
The Maddocks are here and are now going anywhere any time soon, if this is what they're capable out of the blocks then I can see them being the next band to break out of Greater Manchester.
What this new quartet has done on their first single is pave the way for them to be one of the next biggest acts from the North of England, possibly topping fellow Stockport indie darlings, Blossoms. With chunky guitar tones, anthemic vocals and a real drive from the percussive side the track is frantic but is incredibly danceable.
The Maddocks are here and are now going anywhere any time soon, if this is what they're capable out of the blocks then I can see them being the next band to break out of Greater Manchester.
The band says - "We're always getting ourselves into mad situations and laughing about daft stuff, and that's basically where the song name came from. George spilled a Pot Noodle on the floor during our second ever rehearsal, causing Toller to sigh in exasperation and utter the words "this is why we can't have nice things" - we were in the process of writing the song and the phrase just stuck!"