Since forming in 2023, Bristol based Split Chain – vocalist Roberto Martinez-Cowles, guitarists Oli Bowles and Jake Reid, bassist Tom Davies and drummer Aaron Black – have been busy making waves with their brazen mixture of shoe gaze and nu metal influences that they call “nu-gaze”. Backed by a handful of self-released tracks amassing 10 Million streams to date, their organic momentum has led them to a home with Epitaph Records as they continue to extend their global reach.
After teaming up to quietly release the energetic rager, “Haven” back in June – described by The Alternative as the band’s “heaviest yet”– the quintet recently shared their second single under the label, “(Re)-Extract” featuring Softcult. A reconstruction of an early Split Chain release, the darkly melodic track immerses you in a densely layered arrangement of droning guitars and thundering drums thatgive way to melancholic verses and a hypnotic hook.
Inspired by the band’s experiences with addiction, they explain, “It’s so easy to get stuck in negative spirals, admitting defeat and accepting it as part of you and your personality; when in fact it is possible to find a way out.” Check out the accompanying music video below, directed and edited by the band themselves:
