Biography

Combining elements of progressive post-hardcore, math-rock and pop, Nottingham 5-piece Blight Town have made a fast and hard impact on audiences since their conception in 2019. Blight Town imprinted themselves onto the UK alternative scene with their debut self-titled EP in 2021; a sarcastic, melancholy, self-aware send up of modern relationships, existential ennui and introspective self-reflection. Filled with funky and dancey choruses, jagged riffs, slapped and hybrid picked bass and tight syncopated drums, the band encased catchy songwriting and melodies within complex and occasionally jarring arrangements, drawing significant attention with their impressively self-assured sound in their first foray into releasing music. The band's second EP 'It Lives...' includes singles 'Swerve' and 'Al Gore Rhythm' and marks a new chapter for the band, doubling down on the technical flourishes and unusual shifts in rhythm presented in ‘Blight Town' but framing them within a sweeter, catchier and more vulnerable context. Littered with vocal hooks and a head-bobbing progression that ebbs and flows from track to track, the release sees the band at its heaviest and most heartfelt to date, and with three of the EP's four tracks featuring on BBC Radio One at least once, and 'Al Gore Rhythm' included in BBC Introducing Rock's best tracks of 2022, Blight Town have made certain their place among the most promising bands in the UK's alternative scene.