British collective HONESTY hail from Leeds and were started by George Mitchell, who fronted post-punk band Eagulls in the 2010s and the early days of the pandemic. The rest of the four-member core of the group is rounded out Matt Peel, Josh Lewis and Imi Marston but also includes contributions from Kosi Tydes, Softlizard, Rarelyalways, Dry Cleaning‘s Florence Shaw, and Liam Bailey. Now signed to Partisan (which was also Eagulls’ label), HONESTY will release their debut album, U R HERE, on February 7.
While there is a post-punk undercurrent to their music, HONESTY draw from a much bigger well of influences, including a variety of electronic/dance (trip-hop, IDM, techno, dubstep) and shoegaze. You can definitely hear a little Tricky in new single “TORMENTOR” with its woozy sub-bass and breathy vocals by Marston. It’s not all chill, though, as it rips into cinematic technicolor for the chorus.
Watch the video for that, and check out a few other songs from the album, below.
U R HERE
NO RIGHT 2 LOVE ft Liam Bailey
WWWWW?
U&I
MEASURE ME ft Softlizard
U R HERE
TORMENTOR
NORTH ft Kosi Tides
EMPTY ft Katie Drew
NIGHTWORLD
PITY
HONESTY have a few UK dates ahead, including this weekend’s Mutations Festival in Brighton.
HONESTY – 2024 TOUR DATES
8TH NOV – MUTATIONS FESTIVAL, BRIGHTON
29TH NOV – THE ATTIC, LEEDS
6TH DEC – THE WAITING ROOM, LONDON