After winning significant plaudits and airplay for the art-funk experimentation of ‘Take The Hit’ and their debut ‘Eternal Returns;, Regressive Left return with their latest track ‘Cream Militia’.
Premiered by Matt Wilkinson on his Beats 1 show, it’s another new-wave revelation and further stand-out single from a group that have kept up a remarkable level of consistency and ambition across these early releases.
With a bassline that nods to the electronic music innovator Delia Derbyshire, pitch-shifting guitar hooks and synthetic agogo, ‘Cream Militia’ is a daring and dizzying cut of dance-rock in the vein of LCD Soundsystem or !!!.
A lockdown project formed at the end of 2020 by Lutonians Simon Tyrie (vocals) and Georgia Hardy (drums), plus Will Crosby (guitar), Regressive Left wear their politics on their sleeve, and this translates into their DIY music ethos: as with earlier releases, ‘Cream Militia’ was self-produced and self-recorded by the band in an outhouse near Stevenage but this time the trio brought engineer and friend David Mountain (Famous, Jerskin Fendrix) on board to co-mix.
With influences ranging from the cyclical rhythms of EBM to the creative freedom and expression of the London Jazz Scene, the band have been compared to everything from avant-pop heavyweights Talking Heads and Devo to modern art-rockers Squid and EBM outfit Scalping.
The band joined ATC Live’s roster earlier this year, and with festival slots at End Of The Road and Wild Paths already announced, and a debut headline show at The Windmill in October, Regressive Left are primed to make an explosive entry into the live scene in 2021.
The band will play the following dates:
31 / 07 – Exchange, Bristol
29 / 08 – Bedford Esquires
02 / 09 – End of The Road Festival
04 / 09 – Manchester Psych Fest
18 / 09 – Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich
25 / 09 – Dot To Dot Festival
01 / 10 – Windmill Brixton (headline show)
16 / 10 – Wild Paths Festival
