If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! - Bighead

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If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! is our weekly dive into the best rising acts you’ll want to discover before everyone else does. This week it’s Brighton-based outfit Bighead.

Formerly known as Bighead Tea Drinkers, Bighead have been at this longer than most people realise. Frontman Freddie Brindle and drummer Marshall Tyce formed the band when they were just 13 years old. Now based out of Brighton, they began releasing indie pop tracks in 2022, slowly refining their sound into what became their 2025 EP Submerged, which leans confidently into indie rock and alternative territory.

The band cite Arctic Monkeys as one of their earliest introductions to wanting to make music. You can hear that foundation, but what’s more interesting is where they’ve taken it. Tracks on Submerged push things into grungier, more alternative territory without losing the immediacy that defined their early releases. The EP keeps the themes and energy of their older material but adds a heavier, more urgent edge. It’s no surprise that The Land Is Hers has become their most streamed track so far.

Watch the music video for The Land Is Hers

Other highlights include Conva, a feel-good indie tune practically built for a sunny Saturday at Reading Festival. Their progression places them among the modern guitar bands making noise right now; fans of Been Stellar, Overpass and The Royston Club will find a lot to like, but Bighead are clearly shaping an identity that stands on its own two feet.

With new single Oh, Lover set for release on December 4th and a (free!) London headline show on December 6th, now feels like the perfect time to get to know Bighead before they move into their next chapter.

Bighead are Freddie Brindle (vocals), Ellie Hart (guitar), Kian Ramsey (bass) and Marshall Tyce (drums).

You can pre-save new single Oh, Lover here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bighead12/oh-lover

Watch Bighead (Bighead Tea Drinkers) Live on The Beach House Sessions

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know - MORN

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! is our weekly dive into the best rising acts you’ll want to discover before everyone else does. This week, it’s Welsh newcomers MORN.

Emerging from South Wales, MORN moved to the capital last year and wasted no time. Made up of two sets of siblings, they’ve already sold out headline shows across the city and built a following off the back of a sound they describe as “doom over beautiful chords.”

MORN, Credit: Freya Evan

Earlier this month, MORN played their biggest show yet, opening for Bastille at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff. Playing an arena this early into a bands career is a serious statement and from everything we’ve seen so far it won’t be a one off.  

The band released their first single ‘Modern Man’ back in May via Speedy Wunderground, a label whose track record with emerging talent speaks for itself. It lands as a tense, melodic introduction that tackles the pressures of modern masculinity.  

What stands out most about MORN is the confidence. Despite forming relatively recently there is no sense of a band figuring out who they are. Their sound already feels lived in, their choices feel deliberate and it gives them a presence far beyond their short timeline. 

MORN are Oliver Riba (vocals, guitar), Robert Riba (vocals, guitar), Mae Ryder (vocals, bass), and Noah Ryder (drums).

Watch the music video for Modern Man

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know - Bleech 9:3

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! is our weekly dive into the best rising acts you’ll want to discover before the rest of the world does. This week we’ll be looking at Irish rock band Bleech 9:3.

The noise around Bleech 9:3 has been getting louder over the last few weeks, and for good reason. The Dublin-born, London-based group have quickly marked themselves as one of the most exciting live bands, already releasing two singles that sound every bit as sharp and restless as the scene they’re emerging from. 

Frontman Baz Quinlan and guitarist Sam Duffy first met at an AA meeting, where Quinlan became Duffy’s sponsor. In 2024, the band relocated from Dublin to London to focus fully on the project, and that move seems to have paid off.

Bleech 9:3 are the rope in a tug of war between post-punk and grunge, constantly pulling from both sides. Their newest release ‘Jacky’ captures that perfectly: a tense, anxious track which pulls you in from the first note. The debut single ‘Ceiling’ nods to 90s grunge and written about a friend from a recovery meeting in Dublin who sadly passed away before he got the chance to get better.

The band are currently supporting Shame across several dates, including their hometown of Dublin, Cork, Leeds and Southampton, then joining Sports Team for shows in Portsmouth and London. After that, they will play three sold-out headline shows at The Blue Basement in London. Not bad for a band with just two tracks released.

Bleech 9:3 UK & Ireland Tour Dates: 

November 9th – Southampton, 1865 (supporting Shame)

November 10th – Leeds, Project House (supporting Shame)

November 12th – Dublin, National Stadium (supporting Shame)

November 13th – Cork, Cyprus Avenue (supporting Shame)

November 14th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms (supporting Sports Team)

November 15th – Londo, Electric Brixton (supporting Sports Team)

December 3rd – London, The Blue Basement

December 4th – London, The Blue Basement

December 5th – London, The Blue Basement

Watch the music video for Ceiling on YouTube

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! - SLAG

If You Don’t Know, Get to Know! is our weekly dive into the best rising acts you’ll want to discover before the rest of the world does. This week, we’re looking at Brighton band SLAG.

Brighton’s newest noisemakers SLAG are the kind of band you hear once and immediately want to tell your mates about – partly because you know they’re bound to break through soon, and you’ll look effortlessly ahead of the curve when they do. Their sound sits somewhere between math-rock, shoegaze and indie rock, bursting with noise, attitude and potential.

Fronted by Amelie Gibson, SLAG make music that thrives on tension. Their songs twist and turn in unexpected directions, packed with guitar lines that jolt against the grain and vocals that jump between the calm and the storm itself. There’s a sense that each track could fall apart at any moment, yet it never does. The term controlled chaos has rarely felt more fitting.

Singles Ripped and Heaven show the band’s knack for balance, layering restless energy with a melodic touch beneath all the grit. The hooks sneak up on you, the rhythms pull in every direction, and by the time you think you’ve figured them out, they’ve already moved on. The bands newest release Legs gets off the mark with Gibson’s rapid-fire vocals before she pleads, “Please wake up, I love you, I love you,” as the noise fades. It’s a flash of sincerity before the track kicks right back into motion, ending in an outro that begs to be shouted back in a packed, sweaty room.

For now, SLAG remain one of Brighton’s best-kept secrets, but probably not for long. Their music is raw, loud and full of potential: the sound of a band too interesting to stay underground for much longer.

Watch SLAG perform Heaven and Ripped on The Beach House Sessions