Following on from a great support slot with House Of All at Gorilla reviewed here and earning the moniker ‘Next Indie Titans’ from boss man John Robb here, HUNGRY come up with the goods by releasing new single Sick Of It, a rousing indie juggernaut that twists and turns with some great Dub Sex-esque vocals from Jacob Peck. A belter. I still don’t get the cryptic release date yet though. 10th October at 10:10am? ….
HUNGRY’s quickfire lyricist, singer-guitarist and frontman, Jacob Peck, writes Sick Of It as a study of lost ambition and surrender to the rat race through a fictional character, before taking on the second half of the song with a take more personal to him, the band and the shape of their ideal future.
He says: “This tune is short, snappy, and does what it says on the tin in under three minutes. Exactly how it should be. The character of in the first part of the song is a cog on the up and up through the rat race, where childlike wonderment has given way to an endless, adult nine-to-five existence. When we switch out of the character at the bridge, it’s more about us, our ambitions and ethics.”
“We’re sick of structural career progression, capital gain, and physical symbols of success as they pull us away from our passions and personal ethics. But music gives us hope of creating a more meaningful life.”
Selling out show after show in their adopted home city, the committed Cambridge émigrés find their best fit with a student population out for fun, freedom and confirmatory choruses about the world’s perilous state. Entering and embracing a new phase of productivity with that groundswell of support, continuing to circle the effervescent band scene in their own back yard, HUNGRY is made up of Peck’s co-conspirators and school yard friends, drummer, Stan Rankin, guitarist Kit Thomas and bassist Jas Malig.
All upcoming live dates for HUNGRY are as follows:
- Fri 11 Oct – Manchester, Withington Community Hall for THUMP
- Sat 12 Oct – Barrow, Barrow Underground Music Society
- Sat 16 Nov – Leeds, Live At Leeds
- Thu 21 Nov – Manchester, Band On The Wall for Unconvention
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Words by Wayne Carey, Reviews Editor for Louder Than War. His author profile is here
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