Mouth Culture Joins The InVogue Records Family, Shares Massive EP, Mishaps Of My Mid Twenties |
U.K. Alternative band, Mouth Culture, have signed to InVogue Records and are sharing their new powerhouse EP, Mishaps Of My Mid Twenties now. In addition, the band is sharing a music video for their new track, “Sharkbait.” “We are so stoked to announce we are signing with InVogue Records. With Nick Moore and Bob Becker behind us, mixed with the best music we’ve ever written, it’s a really exciting time for everything Mouth Culture. We’re just getting started.” Says the band about their signing announcement. |
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“Sharkbait” showcases Mouth Culture’s refreshingly unique sound. The track’s lyrics ooze brilliant angst, complemented by edgy melodies. “Sharkbait’s” visual is crisp and inviting while highlighting the band’s original personality. Mouth Culture is sure to draw in new listeners to build their ever growing fan-base. “”Sharkbait” was the last song to be wrote for the record. We actually wrote it the week before we hit the studio off the back of a legal battle with a previous manager and our first real experience with an industry “shark.” We actually had another song in its place but it didn’t have that non-tangible feeling that the rest of the tracks on the EP gave us. So, using the frustration of what we were going through we wrote “Sharkbait.” The lyrics are a “fuck you” to the sharks in the industry who just are only good for becoming lessons.” Says the band about the new track. |
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“The title is such a good way of encapsulating everything we have gone through. It felt like the eureka moment and a perfect way to sum up what this has all meant. It’s the shit that everybody inevitably goes through at this point in their life, no matter what you are doing. You will face at least one of the hardships. These songs may have been written specifically about us, but they still remain incredibly open.” Says the band about the new EP. Mishaps Of My Mid Twenties Tracklist:
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Mishaps Of My Mid Twenties is out now with exclusive merchandise and vinyl pre-orders. |
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About Mouth Culture: Life is full of ups and downs. Lessons and learning curves. Every day is a chance for something to change how you look at the world, and that world is constantly evolving at the same pace. It’s how you harness these things and the things you come up against that dictate your place within all of this. Grabbing hold of every opportunity, not letting others influence the way you find your way, and, ultimately, producing something that you are proud of is one hell of a journey. It’s the type of journey that Leicester’s Mouth Culture have been on since their inception in 2019. Through every ebb and flow, Jack Voss [Vocalist], Mason Clifford [Guitarist] and Todd Groome [Bassist] have combatted them with a sense of earnestness and sincerity, resulting in art that reflects not just where they have come from but where they are going. Growing up watching a blossoming British rock scene take on the world and brought together by their love of everyone from You Me At Six and My Chemical Romance to Lower Than Atlantis and Maroon 5, they have spent the last four years creating music that they hope reflects the same power and purpose that helped them fall in love with it during their teenage years. “You know when you’re 16 and you hear that band you knew you would be listening to forever?” Jack poses. “We always knew that was the kind of band that we wanted to be. We love music, and we love making good music. Everything we do – how we live, where we live, the jobs we do – we do as a sacrifice to do this. This is where we want to be and what we want to do, and we know what we can do and what we’re going to do.” Those sacrifices have already resulted in some special moments for the band. They’ve shared the stage with the likes of Beauty School Dropout and Declan Welsh and the Decadent West and hitting the road with Acres. Just a taste of the multiple spaces they can feel at home within. Their debut single, 2019’s ’15 Missed Calls’, has racked up over a million Spotify streams, as has their 2021 mixtape ‘These Days’, showcasing their consistent knack for penning an array of addictive hooks. A lot of those accolades have come as a result of their collective closeness. They have been living together as a band in the same house from the moment they kicked off their adventure, and it has allowed them to develop a brotherly bond that verges on family more than just friends. Of course, such a setup is an intense way to exist. Experiencing the toils of the every day, of growing up together and of navigating everything from member departures to music industry lessons all under the same roof could drive many a band to the brink. But for Mouth Culture, it only served as inspiration. Knowing they had a vessel to express every frustration and epiphany that crossed their path, they set about crafting something that could truly represent what they had been through at such a pivotal time in their lives and careers. The result is their new EP Mishaps Of My Mid-Twenties, being released by their new label In Vogue Records. After previously self-producing their work up until this point, they brought producer Jamie Ward [Bury Tomorrow, Maybeshewill, Gallops] into the fold. Bringing texture and tenacity to the band’s varied and volatile soundboard, they forged a seven song battering ram of what it means to love, lose and learn during the most formative years of your life. Bringing together indie sensibility, pop-punk earnestness, alt-rock curveballs and quintessential British cheek, it is an EP that perfectly places everything the band have been striving for over the last half a decade under the same umbrella. There’s the wide-eyed and woozy “Sunny Smile,” which has been Track Of The Week on Radio 1’s Introducing Rock Show with Alyx Holcombe, rubbing shoulders with the buoyant storytelling of “Don’t Pull Up.” You have the brutal takedowns of “Sharkbait” standing side by side with the vibrant expression of “Cherry Red Rage.” Then it’s all held together by the title track, an epic piece of emotionally vulnerable rock that will send shivers shooting down your spine. It is a coming-of-age story as much as a reminder that we all experience the same thing even when it feels like we are alone; it’s the band at their most honest and heartfelt. It’s also their finest work to date. “The title is such a good way of encapsulating everything we have gone through,” Todd beams. “It felt like the eureka moment and a perfect way to sum up what this has all meant. It’s the shit that everybody inevitably goes through at this point in their life, no matter what you are doing. You will face at least one of the hardships. These songs may have been written specifically about us, but they still remain incredibly open.” “Having such confidence in our own sound allows us to make exactly what we want to make,” he continues. “A lot of people might not fully believe in what they are doing and look at what other people are doing and try and emulate that. That sort of imitation might work for some people. And also, trying too hard to be authentic will then make what you’re doing feel inauthentic. To truly get the best out of what you are making is to write how you write. A thing that I really love about this band is that we never say that we are going to write something that feels or sounds like something specific. It just happens, and there isn’t a way you can force it. If you do, you’re going to fall short. That’s how we have got to the songs we have now.” It’s this sort of authenticity that makes Mouth Culture an exciting outfit. Not letting the world get the best of them and instead allowing their music to speak every volume that they need, their mission statement is one of self-confidence and solidarity. In staying true to themselves – to the kids that they were, and to the grown-ups that they are to be – they show what hard work and perseverance can achieve in the face of life’s hurdles. Sharing that you are not alone in your struggles and that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Delivering music that feels as familiar and nostalgic as it does fiercely modern and fresh. Showing what it means to put everything into something you truly love with people that you would do anything for. The band is a tapestry of togetherness who are still learning more and more with every passing day. Because even though ‘Mishaps Of My Mid-Twenties’ is set to be the most significant moment of their story so far, they sure as hell aren’t resting on it. “We are ready to write our debut album,” Jack smiles widely. “That’s what is coming eventually, and I just feel like we have found our formula. To have that confidence in ourselves, we can now actually enjoy doing it. We trust in ourselves, and we know that it will happen the way we want it to.” “With this EP, we have written the best thing we have ever done,” Todd remarks. “Then the next thing we do will trump that. Then the thing after that will trump that. More than anything, though, Mouth Culture will always be a lifeline. That’s something that will never change.” |