Blue Bendy: the south London post-punk pop band who fried Wire’s brains

Blue Bendy: the south London post-punk pop band who fried Wire’s brains

The six-piece have shaken off the grotty post-punk associations of their scene to gleefully mix up inspirations that range from orchestral pop to industrial rock

‘The weirder side of guitar music’ … (L-R) Harrison Charles, Joe Nash, Sam Wilson, Arthur Nolan, Olivia Morgan and Oscar Tebbutt of Blue Bendy.
‘The weirder side of guitar music’ … (L-R) Harrison Charles, Joe Nash, Sam Wilson, Arthur Nolan, Olivia Morgan and Oscar Tebbutt of Blue Bendy.

From London, England

Blue Bendy singer Arthur Nolan is discussing the band’s early days. “Before post-punk got so lethargic and landfill we were trying to be like Wire,” he says. “We wanted to do stuff like them on the weirder side of guitar music. Pop was a dirty word at the time.”

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