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Photo by Charlie & Charlie London's Man/Woman/Chainsaw are back with a new single off their upcoming debut album. We loved 2024's Eazy Peazy , and its indie rock with string instruments sound. With "Nosedive," they've added a heavy synth element instead of the normal indie rock instrumentation. The result is a rather dance friendly, almost party jam. This feels like a more mature style of dance music, as well as a heavily organic one, even with the synths. "Nosedive" builds and builds from a relatively restrained near pop song into an absolute epic that will have you checking to see if they're playing anywhere near you any time soon. (Unfortunately for us Americans, they currently only have European tour dates.) Emmie-Mae Avery (vocals and synths) says of the band's latest single: “It's is a song about longing for both comfort and freedom simultaneously in a relationship through the metaphor of being an injured bird needing shelter. We tu...

Photo by Charlie & Charlie Last year we brought you a pair of singles from Man/Woman/Chainsaw, one of the more unique discoveries of 2024. Now the London band is back with "Only Girl." As diverse as they were last year, Man/Woman/Chainsaw push their sound even further with this new single. We described previous songs as being moody/theatrical and having more of a punk sound. "Only Girl" is more of a straight up alt-rock song with some elements of Adult Contemporary, but with strings. Sometimes bands can be the most surprising by going more mainstream, and that's certainly the case here. But mainstream is always a relative term, and "Only Girl" is still a Man/Woman/Chainsaw song, so it's still a fun and theatrical track. Vera Leppanen (vocals/bass) says of the band's latest single: "’Only Girl’ is our playful love song. Built around a ripping violin top-line and birthed from a grungy guitar jam, it gradually became something more boiste...

Photo by Ella Margolin We've only heard two singles from London's Man/Woman/Chainsaw, and we're already impressed by how diverse the band is proving to be. Released back in August, "Grow a Tongue in Time" was a moody, theatrical noise rock song with string instruments. Their latest, "The Boss," is more traditionally a rock song that keeps the theatricality intact. It's more of a punk style song, faster and noisy, with some serious hardcore style breakdowns. This is a huge sounding song overflowing with noise and melody, and it's just purely badass punk mad more so by violin. The band says of their latest single: “‘The Boss’ is the heaviest of the songs on the EP and definitely a live favorite of ours. We wanted to express our frustration with imbalanced power dynamics in our everyday lives with a big supermassive rant of a rock song. Working in the studio with Dan Fox of Gilla Band was fun and allowed us to experiment with getting the song to sou...

Photo by Ella Margolin London's Man/Woman/Chainsaw have a specific sound that doesn't quite sound like anyone else. Their latest single, "Grow a Tongue in Time," has a very theatrical element, almost like it could belong in a musical. It's heavy on vocals and piano, but also has a noise rock element hiding behind it. It's filled with traditional string instruments while building a tension with electric feedback that never quite ends in the explosion you're expecting. The closest comparison I could make for "Grow a Tongue in Time" would be Bjork meets The Last Dinner Party, but Man/Woman/Chainsaw truly have their own thing going on. Man/Woman/Chainsaw says of their latest single: " [Grow A Tongue In Time] is a stream-of-consciousness look at jealousy, desire and self-pity. This began with a very stripped back arrangement on just bass, which gradually grew as we added different elements, from droning violin to creaking bowed guitar. Although I...