Stud Farm Mafia don’t just want to know if you had a good weekend: they want to know what you’re doing with the rest of your life. The Oxford UK heavy rock four-piece release their debut EP “Did You Have a Good Weekend?” on 17th March, a self-released six-tracker built on baritone riffs, hip-shot groove and shout-along hooks, somewhere between Royal Blood, Skindred, Queens of the Stone Age, and Don Broco, but with a more sarcastic British bite.
Recorded with David Radahd-Jones (Wargasm, Jacoby Shaddix – Papa Roach, Heavens Basement, Chris Robertson – Black Stone Cherry) at Red City Recordings in Manchester, the debut EP spins that throwaway bit of Monday-morning small talk into something darker and more familiar: the feeling that you’re selling your life off by the hour while pretending everything and everyones fine.
On the surface it’s easy to think these are just riffs and grooves, but there’s more going on under the bonnet of Stud Farm Mafia. For starters, SONGS!!! The guitars snap between clipped, rhythm-first patterns and thicker, more warped lines that twist around the drums rather than simply sitting on top of them. The bass isn’t shy either, barging into the mid-range and carrying hooks of its own, which is why even the heaviest parts still feel oddly danceable. Drums favour bounce over bludgeon – lots of stop–start turns, little gaps for the vocals to jab through – and when the choruses land they feel less like “big rock moments” and more like slogans the room already knows. It’s heavy music that nods to punk, alt-pop and desert rock without ever letting go of the simple aim: make people move, smirk and sing louder than they meant to… which we think is a great thing.
Reborn from previous band projects, Stud Farm Mafia snapped into focus and decided that if they were going to graft, it had to be on something that truly sounded like them – heavier, funnier, and a hell of a lot more honest.
Across the record they hit everyday pressure pain points hard. “Ten Past Ten” takes aim at the 9–5 loop, while “So Pretty” and “Gun Show” lampoon toxic masculinity via gym-floor bravado, falsetto hooks and rap-rock swagger. On “S.O.S.”, a main riff spelling out Morse code anchors a charity track supporting ActionAid, turning doomscroll-era helplessness into something loud, physical and oddly hopeful.
For all its humour, “Did You Have a Good Weekend?” keeps circling back to one blunt idea: time is the only real currency you’ve got. Stud Farm Mafia sound like a band who’ve stopped waiting for permission – they’re a new name from Oxford’s heavy underground with big-room choruses and enough real-world grit to give heavy rock fans something worth shouting about.
Expect neck breaking riffs, sing-your-heart-out hooks, and a live show that should, by rights, send them straight to detention. Stud Farm Mafia came here to chew bubble-gum and drop breakdowns, and they’re all out of bubble-gum.
“Did You Have A Good Weekend?” is out 17th March 2026.
EP Tracklist:
1. Moneymouth
2. So Pretty
3. Dopamine
4. S.O.S
5. Ten Past Ten
6. Gun Show
Stud Farm Mafia is:
Cole Bryant – Vocals
Nath Digman – Guitars
Rikard Ridemark – Bass
Luke Evans – Drums
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