Mary In The Junkyard – This Old House

From the first dreamy vocalisations on Ghost, Mary In The Junkyard announce themselves as artisans of atmospheric experimental rock on their debut EP, This Old House. With fuzzy instrumentals and slightly surreal lyrics which are spoken as much as they are sung, This Old House is reminiscent of the ethereal and hypnotic rock of NewDad and Wolf Alice. Easing smoothly into Marble Arch, they blend post-punk weight with a haunting gothic coldness.

This spellbinding unease is heightened on Goop, an avant-garde horror soundtrack with its unnerving opening and chilling lyrics ('Flies trapped in the goop of your eyes'). The almost stream-of-consciousness body horror in the lyrics is made more ominous with the introduction of strings (bassist Saya Barbaglia also plays viola), Clari Freeman-Taylor’s childlike vocals and David Addison's skittering drums.

Their self-proclaimed “angry, weepy chaos rock” reaches its unruly climax on the vampiric Teeth, descending into musical madness before finally falling quiet, channelling the dark glamour of bands like Placebo and She Wants Revenge. This Old House is only a taste of what's to come from Mary In The Junkyard, a band who are very rightfully generating buzz in London. A delightfully weird start to their career, you’ve got to wonder what dark corners they will explore next.

Listen to: Goop, Marble Arch