GARY, INDIANA
BIO
Gary, Indiana founding members Scott Fair and Valentine Caulfield met when their previous bands shared a bill at Aatma, a venue in the heart of Manchester's thriving DIY music scene. The visceral punk poetry style of Caulfield's vocals - delivered in her native French - stuck in Fair's mind and when both of their projects ended some months later the two started discussing ideas. After witnessing liberating experimental sets at venues such as The White Hotel, Aatma, The Peer Hat and Studio B they began writing together with a view to capturing some of the excitement they were surrounded by and warp it with their own idiosyncrasies. The duo found a third missing piece in Liam Stewart (percussion), whose past as a touring member of Lonelady made perfect sense encompassing the band’s forward-thinking electronic gaze.
Entirely self-produced with minimal mixing and deliberately recorded in industrial spaces that speak to the raw intensity that is integral to the trio’s music, the band also draws on both the macabre filmmaking of Gaspar Noe and Leos Carax as well as the influence of old videos on MTV2, VH1 and Kerrang, paying specific attention to the way visuals lend themselves to create a deep dive into a whole new world. Within the carefully stitched-together and spliced found-footage montages that make up their music videos, every image feels intentional and all the band’s entangled elements of post-punk, noise and electronics combine into a singular cathartic experience. Much like peak ravetime where music, lighting, and physical proximity collide into a feeling greater than the sum of its parts, Gary, Indiana seek to replicate the necessity of being here and now and unable to look away. In these unprecedented times where live gigging isn’t possible, they continue to find new ways to continue to create an absorbing sonic landscape, and are currently crafting an engaging VR set.
Still in the beginning stages of their career with only two singles to their name, “Nike” and “Alien 3” represent two vantage points at a crossfire of genres that add new elements to the groundwork of debut tracks “Pashto” and “Berlin” and recall the ever-evolving soundscapes of bands such as Girl Band, Housewives or Giant Swan. The band is currently recording new music for tentative release later in 2021.
GARY, INDIANA IN THE PRESS
“A force of nature.” - Clash
“A fantastic dystopian groove.” - Louder than War
“Another excellent New Weird Britain-adjacent group reminiscent of the scuzzy, rhythmic racket being made by the magnificent Special Interest crashing into early Mclusky or Liars… it’s great stuff, essentially.” - the Quietus
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LINKS
PRESS: frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk
RADIO: dawood@terrorbird.com
SYNC: syncteam@terrorbird.com
LABEL: ruby@firetalkrecords.com