ASYLUMS

Born in August 2014 with a single chaotic video uploaded to YouTube, Asylums’ blend of thrashing guitar pop and social conscience quickly drew a passionate scene around them in their home town of Southend-on-Sea. Being independent of mind and independent of action has been central to the development of the band. They’ve grown through the blogs and the DIY fans, the die-hards and the dreamers. With their own label, Cool Thing Records, Asylums have been able to support the musicians they love and build a community of like-minded souls. It’s a unique space where the album Alien Human Emotions was incubated. Recently, they received the prestigious and hard-to-score PRS Momentum Fund.

Asylums are like a seaside fairground. Where the first album Killer Brain Waves was a Friday night with neon colours, rollercoaster rides and two fingers up to the security, Alien Human Emotions feels more like a walk in the same place as the wind whips through in November. You need to wrap the music around you to stay warm.