Birdman Cult Since the band’s formation in 2020, Birdman Cult have been distilling their distinct blend of hook-heavy, post-punk and garage-rock sound – one the band describes as “anthemic-doomy rock and roll” – into a brew as fine as bourbon, as sharp as vodka, and as intoxicating as the best absinthe. Listen: https://snd.click/bmc Friends of Our Youth Friends of Our Youth hail from Todmorden and Manchester but sound like they appeared from a faraway galaxy governed by beauty, love and glorious guitars. FOOY's sound is propelled by muscular drums and bass, clad in a polyphonic fibre of chiming guitars and glitches. Listen: https://snd.click/problemis