Sister Envy - “Swallowed By The Ground”
From North Wales, Sister Envy explore a relationship falling apart with the adrenaline-soaked indie rock track, “Swallowed By The Ground.”
“Swallowed By The Ground” is a gritty, shimmering, nocturnal rocker that feels like you are riding a fuzz-drenched tidal wave that rips up anything in its path. Thick, snarling, and scuzzy, this is the sound of a band playing their hearts out, with all the amps turned up to 11, as Nigel Tufnel would say. But this isn’t just filthy British indie rock walking in the footsteps of punk, like Oasis and their track “Headshrinker,” there are a great deal of intelligent layers of sound cascading across the mix.
The hypnotic lead guitar riff, the deep bass that feels like it is tobogganing underneath the vocal, and the brutal, but precise drumming reveal a craftsmanship that is incredibly musically accomplished and tight. Just as merciless is the sneering, detached vocal of Sister Envy’s frontman Kameron Jolliffe. Effortless, classic, and dripping with swagger, it effortlessly carves through the frenetic wall of sound that surrounds it.
On the track Jolliffe adds: “I had the main riff lying around for a while, and didn’t really touch it, though I really liked it. We started jamming it in a rehearsal and the song pretty much wrote itself, it quickly became one of our favourite songs to play together.”
“Swallowed By The Ground” is good old fashioned, unapologetic rock’n’roll. The type of sound that demands to be heart in stadiums. Connect with Sister Envy: Spotify | Soundcloud | Facebook | Instagram | Bluesky | Youtube