Effective period / Period of releases: 2013

CLASSIC MUSCLE formed in August, 2013 in strange circumstances. Finding themselves stuck in a summer thunderstorm, luckily close to one of their rehearsal rooms, they formed out of a simple need to shelter; through a jam-session, beers all round, the songs were written in a few hours and recorded in one afternoon, live, raw, irresistible. Take a pick of what influences you want to tag them with (Swell Maps, Half-Japanese, Pixies, The Feelies, Low) the classic, reverb-laden vocal, messy yet ultimately melodic guitars backed with tight drums and bass, these boys tick all the right boxes, it's simply classic in every sense. Adding a considerable amount of muscle to their sound in it's sheer assault-on-the-senses live show, all those lightly reverby and totally safe-sounding Brooklyn bands better watch out, this band is the real deal.